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For Further InformationTwin US-German satellites weigh Earth's water by measuring gravity, tracking groundwater, ice and sea level since 2018.
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Low Earth The curved path an object takes as it travels around a planet, moon or star, like a satellite circling Earth. Glossary, observing the whole planet.
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To track water in aquifers, ice and oceans, for drought and water planning.
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GRACE-FO, the US-German successor to GRACE (2002-2017), launched on May 22, 2018 and tracks Earth's water movement by measuring tiny changes in gravity. Its data reveal groundwater loss, ice sheet change and sea level rise; scientists using these satellites found Earth's total freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014.
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