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Subsidence in New Orleans
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Subsidence in New Orleans

In the three-year period prior to Hurricane Katrina, the city subsided 8 millimeters per year relative to global mean sea level.

Published Jun 3, 2006

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New Orleans, Louisiana
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New Orleans, Louisiana

Published Feb 3, 2002

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New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain
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New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain

In this astronaut photograph from November 16, 2006, sunglint—light reflected directly back to the camera onboard the International Space Station (ISS) from a water surface—accentuates the wetland setting of New Orleans by highlighting the numerous lakes, ponds, and rivers (in various shades of silver-gray) surrounding the city.

Published Jan 15, 2007

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Airborne Instruments Look for Changes in the Delta
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Airborne Instruments Look for Changes in the Delta

Plane-mounted radar and other instruments are studying the shrinking and growing wetlands along the Gulf Coast.

Published Jun 25, 2015

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Lake Pontchartrain and the Bonnet Carre Spillway, Louisiana
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Lake Pontchartrain and the Bonnet Carre Spillway, Louisiana

Lake Pontchartrain, immediately north of New Orleans, occupies the upper part of this astronaut photograph from April 29, 2008, with the winding course of the muddy Mississippi River snaking across the bottom of the view (flow is eastward, from left to right). The city of New Orleans is sandwiched between the lake and the river.

Published May 12, 2008

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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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San Joaquin Valley is Still Sinking
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San Joaquin Valley is Still Sinking

Groundwater pumping in California has been causing land subsidence.

Published Mar 5, 2017

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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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Davis Pond, Louisiana
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Davis Pond, Louisiana

Published Feb 6, 2004

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Eastern New Orleans
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Eastern New Orleans

Known as the rural side of New Orleans, the landscape is largely marshes and bayous and old European names.

Published Jun 12, 2017

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Lingering Floods along the Mississippi River
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Lingering Floods along the Mississippi River

Acquired May 20, 2011, and April 14, 2011, these false-color images show water levels along the Mississippi River.

Published May 23, 2011

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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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