New global groundwater maps and U.S. drought forecasts released
Satellite data on the movement of water on Earth helps to improve the accuracy of moisture maps and forecasts.
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Huge East Antarctic glacier especially susceptible to climate impacts
The shape of the ground beneath Denman Glacier, which is melting from the bottom up, makes it particularly vulnerable to seawater intrusion.
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GRACE, GRACE-FO satellite data track ice loss at the poles
Greenland and Antarctica are melting—but how quickly and which areas are most affected? Nearly 20 years of satellite data provide key insights into these questions.
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Greenland, Antarctica melting six times faster than in the 1990s
The two regions have lost 6.4 trillion tons of ice in three decades; unabated, this rate of melting could cause flooding that affects hundreds of millions of people by 2100.
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From many voices, one theme: a changing planet
Sea-level scientists painted a portrait of a changing planet at a major science conference in San Francisco.
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