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.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Global Freshwater Abruptly Declines.

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:: Science in Action