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A Decade of Water
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Published November 1, 2013
Groundwater supplies are decreasing across much of the world.
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Water Storage Maps Show Improvement
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Published June 18, 2013
At the surface, moisture is more abundant than in 2012. But time will tell if it seeps down to restore aquifers parched by drought.
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Freshwater Stores Shrank in Tigris-Euphrates Basin
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Published March 13, 2013
An arid region grew even drier between 2003 and 2009 due to human consumption of water for drinking and agriculture.
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Despite Rain, Drought Lingers in the United States
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Published January 19, 2013
Though a series of winter storms provided some relief, a pair of satellites operated by NASA shows that groundwater supplies remained unusually low in many parts of the country.
Signs of the U.S. Drought Are Underground
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Published September 20, 2012
The GRACE satellites can detect the movement and depletion of water supplies at and below Earth’s surface.
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Ground Water Storage from GRACE
Published September 14, 2012
Researchers map ground water by combining surface measurements with gravity measurements from the GRACE satellites.
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