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We use satellites to measure water scarcity

  • Written by Emad Hasan, Postdoctoral Researcher in Geography, Binghamton University, State University of New York
We use satellites to measure water scarcityVisualization of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite in space over a tropical cyclone.NASA

Today, more than 700 million people around the world drink water from unsafe or untreated sources, such as wells, springs and surface water.

About half of these people live in sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, in more than 30 African countries,...

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