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The Ganga is drying up faster than it did in 1,300 years, according to a study conducted by IIT Gandhinagar and University of Arizona researchers. Researchers also warned that the river, which is a lifeline to more than 60 crore citizens, living across India, Nepal, and Bangladesh faces significant hydrological changes under future warming.

Hydrological changes broadly refer to shifts in natural patterns, streamflow of water on earth. Precipitation and water distribution alterations are also part of these changes.

The study which was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, highlighted that the river’s downfall since the

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