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Satellites Measure the Melt (Plus Lemmings)
Malaspina Glacier in the Gulf of Alaska (created from a Landsat satellite image and NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) —Image courtesy NASA I was stunned to hear that ice loss from glaciers in...
View ArticleGood to the Last Drop: What Will We Do When the Wells Run Dry?
Since today is World Water Day, I thought that I would kick off my contributions to the Water Currents blog with a renewed wake-up call. It’s one that you’ve heard before, from me and from many, many...
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The Middle East Lost a Dead Sea-Size Amount of Water in 7 Years
Posted from Amman, Jordan. This is the first in a series of posts on our water diplomacy trip to Israel, Jordan and Palestine. Other posts in the series: 2) Parallel Worlds: Water Management in...
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Groundwater Depletion in Colorado River Basin Poses Big Risk to Water Security
An artist’s rendering of the twin satellites of NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). Using data from this mission, scientists have determined that a vast volume of groundwater has...
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India’s Food Security Threatened by Groundwater Depletion
A farmer in her rice field in southern India. Photo: Meena Kadri/Wikimedia Commons The severe and ongoing depletion of underground water supplies in India poses a growing threat to the nation’s food...
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With One-Third of Largest Aquifers Highly Stressed, It’s Time to Explore and...
NASA’s twin-satellite mission known as GRACE has helped scientists estimate how much water is being depleted from the world’s major aquifers, but there is great uncertainty about how much water these...
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