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The Brief Overview

Water is essential for life on Earth. From oceans to rivers to clouds in the sky, NASA satellites are observing where Earth’s water is found--and how that is changing over time.

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10 Interesting Things About Water
Coral Bleaching
What Is Groundwater?
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NASA Missions Studying Water

Airborne

Aqua

CloudSat

GPM

GRACE-FO

ICESat-2

Jason-3

NISAR

OSTM/Jason-2

PACE

Raincube

Sentinel-6

SMAP

Suomi NPP

SWOT

Terra

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