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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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Burn Scar from Fourmile Canyon Fire
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Burn Scar from Fourmile Canyon Fire

Acquired June 7, 2011, these images provide natural- and false-color views of the Fourmile Canyon burn scar west of Boulder, Colorado. Runoff over this burn scar caused flooding a month later.

Published Jul 31, 2011

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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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Detecting Invisible Plant Stress
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Detecting Invisible Plant Stress

A new tool helped detect water-stressed vegetation near some 2019 Amazon rainforest fires.

Published Nov 8, 2019

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Water Hyacinth Re-invades Lake Victoria
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Water Hyacinth Re-invades Lake Victoria

Native to the tropics of South America, the water hyacinth now thrives on every continent except Europe. It was introduced in Africa around 1879, and 110 years later, established itself on the continent’s largest lake, Lake Victoria.

Published Feb 21, 2007

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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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Bright Water Off France
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Bright Water Off France

Published Jun 14, 2004

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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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"Fossil Water" in Libya

Published Apr 12, 2006

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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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