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Scientists use satellites to measure vital underground water resources

Scientists use satellites to measure vital underground water resources

California's Central Valley, with the rugged hills of the Coast Ranges in the background.

The availability of water from underground aquifers is vital to the basic needs of more than 1.5 billion people worldwide.

In recent decades, however, the over-pumping of groundwater, combined with drought, has caused some aquifers to permanently lose their essential storage capacity.

With the hope of providing better tools to water resource managers to keep aquifers healthy, scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and affiliated with Arizona State ...

More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=295988&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click


This is an NSF News item.

Published July 19, 2018 at 06:00PM
Read more at nsf.gov

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