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GPS devices find huge water loss in western US

About 63 trillion gallons of water have been lost to drought in the western United States, enough to blanket the region with 4 inches of water, according to a study published Thursday.

Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, arrived at the conclusion by measuring the level of the earth’s crust with a network of GPS stations that is normally used to predict earthquakes.

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/21/gps-water-loss/14424097/

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