Data on changes in water storage in the Congo basin show how GRACE, a pair of satellites designed to record variations in Earth's gravitational field, is benefiting the study of the planet's water cycle.
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Lettenmaier, D., Famiglietti, J. Water from on high. Nature 444, 562–563 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/444562a
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