nasa gravity recovery and climate experiment (grace)
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NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
Soooo, THIS is the correct way to weigh yourself.
Apparently I’ve been doing it wrong all of these years!.
Photo by Peter McBride
Image courtesy of Jay Famiglietti, NASA JPL
Cumulative groundwater depletion in California’s Central Valley from USGS and GRACE
Image courtesty of Jay Famiglietti, NASA JPL, after Faunt (2009)
Water storage changes in the United States from GRACE (2002-2014)
Trend map courtesy of Felix Landerer, NASA JPL
Animation credit Jay Famiglietti, Jason Craig, Eric de Jong, Felix Landerer, JT Reager, Mike Stetson, NASA JPL
Rodell et al., 2009
Voss et al., 2013
Trends in Freshwater Availabilty from the NASA GRACE Mission 2002-2014
Antarctic ice sheet melting
Patagonia glaciers melting
Alaska glaciers melting
Greenland ice sheet melting
Southeastern U.S. drought
NW Australia groundwater depletion
Orinoco and Amazon floods
India/Bangladesh groundwater depletion
Indian monsoon
Central Valley groundwater depletion Middle East groundwater depletion
North China Plain groundwater depletion
High Plains Aquifer groundwater depletion
Upper Midwest U.S. flooding
North Africa groundwater depletion
High latitude precipitation increase
Caspina/Aral Seas shrinking
Southern Africa groundwater depletion
Mekong drought
Brazil drought
Peru glaciers melting
Guarani Aquifer groundwater depletion
Congo drought Colombia glaciers melting
West Africa floods
Okavango floods
Ukraine drought
mm H2O yr -1
Image courtesy of Jay Famiglietti, NASA JPL
Trends in Freshwater Availabilty from the NASA GRACE Mission, 2002-2014
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mm H2O yr -1
Image courtesy of Jay Famiglietti, NASA JPL