Texas, Tom and Jerry, and a Thirsty Planet – Pacific Standard Features the GRACE Satellites as they Celebrate 10 Years in Space

Learn how scientists at The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Space Research are measuring the loss of water around the world with a pair of aging satellites known as GRACE on the Pacific Standard website.

An artist's conception of Tom and Jerry communicating their distance from each other while orbiting the Earth. (The University of Texas Center for Space Research and NASA). Read the Pacific Standard story about Professor Byron Tapley and the team of scientists who are using the GRACE satellites to measure the loss of water around the globe.