NASA Finds Drought in Eastern Mediterranean Worst of Past 900 Years (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Finds Drought in Eastern Mediterranean Worst of Past 900 Years

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For January 2012, brown shades show the decrease in water storage from the 2002-2015 average in the Mediterranean region. Units in centimeters. The data is from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or GRACE, satellites, a joint mission of NASA and the German space agency.

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Credits: NASA/ Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio

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