Global Freshwater Abruptly Declines

The amount of freshwater stored on land and underground has plummeted in the past decade, which might indicate that Earth’s continents have entered a persistently drier phase.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using data from Rodell, Matthew, et al. (2024). Artist’s rendering of GRACE-FO by NASA/JPL-Caltech. Story by James Riordon, NASA’s Earth Science News Team.

Published November 23, 2024
Data acquired 2015 - 2023

Sources:

GRACE

GRACE-FO

Collection:

Applied Sciences