Jay Famiglietti
@jayfamiglietti.bsky.social
Satellite hydrologist, ASU Global Futures Professor, water and climate science communicator, leader of the WISE Research Group @wisegrouporg.bsky.social. Formerly NASA JPL Senior Water Scientist and ‘What About Water’ podcast host.
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Unprecedented continental drying, shrinking freshwater availability, and increasing land contributions to sea level rise
Drying continents, extreme drought, and groundwater depletion are shrinking water availability and increasing sea level rise.
www.science.org
After a long absence from Twitter, I'm now on Bluesky. Looking forward to sharing thoughts, research, and rants about the lack of attention paid to water. Let's kick this off with a new paper alert. Please share widely. Title says it all. Please help me grow followers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Must watch: Really excellent piece on the work of @mauri-pelto.bsky.social @jillpelto.bsky.social by Ben Tracy and @climatecentral.org for @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social
CBS Sunday morning feature on the work of @jillpelto.bsky.social and I
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Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring the shrinking glaciers in the rugged North Cascade Mountains of Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Must watch: Really excellent piece on the work of @mauri-pelto.bsky.social @jillpelto.bsky.social by Ben Tracy and @climatecentral.org for @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social
Reposted by Jay Famiglietti
On India's #IndependenceDay, I'd like to bring your attention to its #watercrises
- #India has lost about 15,400 Tmcft of freshwater since 2002. Or 700 Tmcft/yr
-Losses from just seven States exceed 800 Tmcft/yr
@jayfamiglietti.bsky.social #Groundwater #ClimateChange lnkd.in/gXgvtRnW #NASA #ASU
- #India has lost about 15,400 Tmcft of freshwater since 2002. Or 700 Tmcft/yr
-Losses from just seven States exceed 800 Tmcft/yr
@jayfamiglietti.bsky.social #Groundwater #ClimateChange lnkd.in/gXgvtRnW #NASA #ASU
August 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
On India's #IndependenceDay, I'd like to bring your attention to its #watercrises
- #India has lost about 15,400 Tmcft of freshwater since 2002. Or 700 Tmcft/yr
-Losses from just seven States exceed 800 Tmcft/yr
@jayfamiglietti.bsky.social #Groundwater #ClimateChange lnkd.in/gXgvtRnW #NASA #ASU
- #India has lost about 15,400 Tmcft of freshwater since 2002. Or 700 Tmcft/yr
-Losses from just seven States exceed 800 Tmcft/yr
@jayfamiglietti.bsky.social #Groundwater #ClimateChange lnkd.in/gXgvtRnW #NASA #ASU
Congrats to Sasha McLarty on the new study from her WSU team on declining groundwater levels in eastern Washington www.opb.org/article/2025...
Eastern Washington’s rapidly declining groundwater highlighted in new study
The Washington State University study evaluated groundwater levels throughout the Washington portion of the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System, which spans areas of Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
www.opb.org
August 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Congrats to Sasha McLarty on the new study from her WSU team on declining groundwater levels in eastern Washington www.opb.org/article/2025...
'Like a creeping mold that's spreading across the landscape': Separate dry areas around the world are merging into 'mega-drying' regions at an alarming rate, study finds. Thx @saschapare.bsky.social and @livescience.com @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @science.org www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
'Like a creeping mold that's spreading across the landscape': Separate dry areas around the world are merging into 'mega-drying' regions at an alarming rate, study finds
Unchecked groundwater extraction and climate change have dried continents significantly over the past 22 years, with 101 countries now losing fresh water to the ocean, research reveals.
www.livescience.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
'Like a creeping mold that's spreading across the landscape': Separate dry areas around the world are merging into 'mega-drying' regions at an alarming rate, study finds. Thx @saschapare.bsky.social and @livescience.com @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @science.org www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Yesterday was the hottest August day in 120 years of record keeping in Phoenix🥵🥵🥵. Temps reached 118 degrees F at the Phoenix airport at 3:40 pm local time. BTW, the previous record of 117 was set just 2 years ago. @azcentral.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Yesterday was the hottest August day in 120 years of record keeping in Phoenix🥵🥵🥵. Temps reached 118 degrees F at the Phoenix airport at 3:40 pm local time. BTW, the previous record of 117 was set just 2 years ago. @azcentral.com
Thanks @markgongloff.bsky.social and @opinion.bloomberg.com for this great piece and for your excellent question: why are we not treating this like the emergency that it is? @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @wisegrouporg.bsky.social
The area of the planet that is losing fresh water is growing by 2 Californias each year. Why aren’t we treating this like the emergency it is?
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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The Earth Is Drying Out and We Need to Act Urgently
Three-quarters of the global population, or about 6 billion people, live in areas where fresh water has dwindled since 2002.
www.bloomberg.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thanks @markgongloff.bsky.social and @opinion.bloomberg.com for this great piece and for your excellent question: why are we not treating this like the emergency that it is? @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @wisegrouporg.bsky.social
Reposted by Jay Famiglietti
Groundwater (!!) is contributing more to sea level rise than melting in Greenland and Antartica
grist.org/science/grou...
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Groundwater is drying out, heating up, and causing sea level rise
Overuse of groundwater has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheets.
grist.org
August 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Groundwater (!!) is contributing more to sea level rise than melting in Greenland and Antartica
grist.org/science/grou...
grist.org/science/grou...
Great story out in @space.com from @terezapultarova.bsky.social on our continental drying paper @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @wisegrouporg.bsky.social www.space.com/science/clim...
Earth's continents are drying out at unprecedented rate, satellite data reveal
The US West Coast is the world's worst mega-drying region.
www.space.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Great story out in @space.com from @terezapultarova.bsky.social on our continental drying paper @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @wisegrouporg.bsky.social www.space.com/science/clim...
From our new @science.org paper on unprecedented continental drying www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @wisegrouporg.bsky.social @propublica.org @abrahm.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
From our new @science.org paper on unprecedented continental drying www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @wisegrouporg.bsky.social @propublica.org @abrahm.bsky.social
Excellent feature story on yesterday's Science Advances article (led by @hrishikeshac.bsky.social and myself) from @propublica.org. Kudos to @abrahm.bsky.social and @lucaswaldron.bsky.social for expert story and graphics. @wisegrouporg.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/wate...
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
July 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Excellent feature story on yesterday's Science Advances article (led by @hrishikeshac.bsky.social and myself) from @propublica.org. Kudos to @abrahm.bsky.social and @lucaswaldron.bsky.social for expert story and graphics. @wisegrouporg.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/wate...
After a long absence from Twitter, I'm now on Bluesky. Looking forward to sharing thoughts, research, and rants about the lack of attention paid to water. Let's kick this off with a new paper alert. Please share widely. Title says it all. Please help me grow followers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Unprecedented continental drying, shrinking freshwater availability, and increasing land contributions to sea level rise
Drying continents, extreme drought, and groundwater depletion are shrinking water availability and increasing sea level rise.
www.science.org
July 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
After a long absence from Twitter, I'm now on Bluesky. Looking forward to sharing thoughts, research, and rants about the lack of attention paid to water. Let's kick this off with a new paper alert. Please share widely. Title says it all. Please help me grow followers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...