World's Largest Groundwater Basins in Distress

World's Largest Groundwater Basins in Distress

Human consumption is rapidly draining some of its largest groundwater basins, yet there’s little to no accurate data about how much water remains in them, according to two new studies led by UC Irvine that use data from NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment...

The Mysterious ˜Lakes' on Saturn's Moon Titan

The Mysterious ˜Lakes' on Saturn's Moon Titan

Saturn’s moon Titan is home to seas and lakes filled with liquid hydrocarbons, but what forms the depressions on the surface? A new study using data from the joint NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) Cassini mission suggests the moon’s surface dissolves in a...

Manchester Climate Instruments Take a Ride on NASA's Global Hawk

March 18, 2015 — The unmanned aircraft, based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Centre, California, can fly at twice the height of Mount Everest and double the altitude of a commercial jet for more than a day at a time, travelling the equivalent of half of the...

NASA, JAXA Measure Rain and Snow

NASA, JAXA Measure Rain and Snow

Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched Feb. 27, 2014.

NASA, JAXA Prepare Rain and Snow Satellite for Launch

Greenbelt, Md., Jan. 27, 2014—The world enters a new era of global weather observing and climate science in February with the launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a new international science satellite built by NASA. GPM, a joint...

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