NASA’s Building New Tools to Manage Water, as Climate Dangers Grow

After years of measuring California’s Sierra snowpack from the air, the agency is now developing similar systems for space

MIT Technology Review
May 28, 2018 · 7 min read
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California’s dry Central Valley during the extended drought earlier this decade. Photo: Stuart Rankin

By James Temple

After an unusually dry winter, a late-season storm finally soaked California in early March, piling up…

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