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Global Groundwater Basins in Distress
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Published July 24, 2015
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.
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Groundwater Deficit Out West
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Published July 24, 2014
Dry conditions at the surface in the continental United States are mirrored underground in many places.
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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.
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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