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A Decade of Water
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A Decade of Water

Groundwater supplies are decreasing across much of the world.

Published Nov 1, 2013

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Freshwater Stores Shrank in Tigris-Euphrates Basin
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Freshwater Stores Shrank in Tigris-Euphrates Basin

An arid region grew even drier between 2003 and 2009 due to human consumption of water for drinking and agriculture.

Published Mar 13, 2013

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Global Groundwater Basins in Distress
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Global Groundwater Basins in Distress

About one third of Earth’s large groundwater basins are being rapidly depleted by human consumption even though we have little accurate data about how much water remains in them.

Published Jul 24, 2015

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A Little Water Goes a Long Way
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A Little Water Goes a Long Way

The tiny amount of water vapor in our atmosphere has an outsized influence on the planet as a potent greenhouse gas.

Published Oct 7, 2010

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Water Storage Anomalies in Mississippi Basin
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Water Storage Anomalies in Mississippi Basin

These images show how terrestrial water storage in the four major sub-basins of the United States’ Mississippi River basin differed from average in January and July 2005.

Published Jan 26, 2007

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The Water Planet
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The Water Planet

Earth is a water planet. Three-quarters of the planet’s surface covered by ice or oceans, and the sky is filled with clouds.

Published Oct 2, 2010

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Water Use On Idaho’s Snake River Plain
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Water Use On Idaho’s Snake River Plain

Natural vegetation and irrigated farmland along the Snake River Plain in Idaho use dramatically different amounts of water during the growing season.

Published Jan 26, 2010

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Water Cycle is Speeding Up Over Much of the U.S.
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Water Cycle is Speeding Up Over Much of the U.S.

Scientists have developed a new way to measure water cycle intensity over time.

Published Jul 26, 2019

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Amistad Reservoir
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Amistad Reservoir

Published Sep 1, 2003

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Signs of the U.S. Drought Are Underground
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Signs of the U.S. Drought Are Underground

The GRACE satellites can detect the movement and depletion of water supplies at and below Earth’s surface.

Published Sep 20, 2012

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A Global Water Hyacinth Invasion
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A Global Water Hyacinth Invasion

A new study found that the abundance of these floating plants has increased due to urbanization.

Published Sep 2, 2020

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"Fossil Water" in Libya

Published Apr 12, 2006

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Fresh Water for Shanghai
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Fresh Water for Shanghai

The fast-growing city has polluted waterways and a growing demand for clean tap water.

Published Apr 11, 2017

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Where to Place a Rainwater Harvesting System
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Where to Place a Rainwater Harvesting System

Water shortages in the Middle East lead to sanitation issues in schools, resulting in periodic school closures. NASA is working to change that.

Published Jul 27, 2018

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Drought in the Klamath River Basin
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Drought in the Klamath River Basin

For more than 100 years, groups in the western United States have fought over water. During the 1880s, sheep ranchers and cattle ranchers argued over drinking water for their livestock on the high plains. In 1913, the city of Los Angeles began to draw water away from small agricultural communities in Owen Valley, leaving a dusty dry lake bed. In the late 1950s, construction of the Glen Canyon Dam catalyzed the American environmental movement. Today, farmers are fighting fishermen, environmentalists, and Native American tribes over the water in the Upper Klamath River Basin. The Landsat 7 satellite, launched by NASA and operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, documented an extreme drought in the area along the California/Oregon border in the spring of 2001.

Published Sep 8, 2001

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Ancient Waterways in Morocco
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Ancient Waterways in Morocco

Underground channels have supplied towns in southeastern Morocco for centuries.

Published Nov 19, 2016

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Boom-and-Bust Water Supplies in Southeast Australia
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Boom-and-Bust Water Supplies in Southeast Australia

New maps show the fluctuating river and lake levels in the Murray-Darling Basin.

Published Jul 16, 2016

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Water Flow in the Amazon
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Water Flow in the Amazon

Published Sep 10, 2004

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