It ’s been atough summer for droughtin the United States and the former news program is n’t going to make it it any comfortably . Because it turns out that it ’s not just the Earth’s surface that ’s drying up . There ’s a drought befall underneath us too .
https://gizmodo.com/half-of-the-u-s-is-in-now-in-a-drought-1576252758
The map above , which was put together by NASA ’s Earth Observatory , chart currently available groundwater supplies in comparison to the typical amount of groundwater present at this point in the time of year over the last 60 years . Red signifies an usually grim spirit level of groundwater in comparison to the common level , while blue think either intermediate or bedwetter conditions .

Interestingly , there ’s quite a bite of overlap in the groundwater drouth condition , and the surface drought conditions that we typically supervise when determine a drought ’s inclemency , as you’re able to see by equate the map above with this map of current conditions from the US Drought Monitor :
There are , however , one or two anomalies , mostly in the Pacific Northwest , where despite conditions so dry that wildfires have been a uninterrupted problem , groundwater supply still show as more plentiful than usual . Unfortunately , the reason for the dividing line may simply be due to slower cause of drought underground and not a substantial symptom of embossment .
Map above : Chris Poulsen , National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln , based on information from Matt Rodell , NASA Goddard Space Flight Center , and the GRACE skill team

Map below : David Miskus , NOAA / NWS / NCEP / CPC
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