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Arizona’s Declining Groundwater
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Decades of satellite observations show that the aquifers in the southern part of the state are ailing.

Jul 20, 2025
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Global Freshwater Abruptly Declines
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The amount of freshwater stored on land and underground has plummeted in the past decade, which might indicate that Earth’s…

Nov 22, 2024
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Satellites Show Gains in California Water
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Data from winter 2022-2023 show the greatest net gain of water in nearly 22 years, but groundwater levels still suffer…

Jun 9, 2023
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Reservoirs Rise, but Groundwater Woes Remain
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The water delivered by winter storms in 2022-2023 is likely insufficient to reverse the longer-term depletion of California’s groundwater.

Feb 12, 2023
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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Gravimetry
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Scientists measure ice’s gravitational pull on a pair of satellites, allowing them to estimate ice loss and its contribution to…

Nov 5, 2020
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Signs of Drought in European Groundwater
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Long-term rainfall deficits, heat waves, and increased evaporation have depleted some of the groundwater supply beneath central and eastern Europe.

Jun 25, 2020
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Record-Setting Precipitation Leaves U.S. Soils Soggy
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The continental United States recently finished its wettest twelve months in 124 years of modern recordkeeping.

May 24, 2019
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Soggy 2018 for the Eastern U.S.
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See where shallow groundwater has responded to the unusually wet conditions this year.

Dec 19, 2018
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The Himalaya Plot
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Twin satellites detect tiny changes in Earth’s gravity field, which can tell us a lot about the mass of a…

Nov 14, 2018
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