The short-term impact of climate change is that the world's water resources will be affected. It can be seen in the United States and China that rivers that used to be full of water are now empty. Dams are at their lowest level in decades. In Europe, a warning from the 15th century that when the water level goes down it reappears because it is carved on the rocks of the river. The impact of climate change on human water resources can now be monitored more precisely after the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite the size of an SUV vehicle was launched last Friday.
This satellite will carry out a mission to accurately map all the water surfaces on Earth for the first time. Up to 90% of the water level on the earth's surface is expected to be mapped by SWOT during its mission.
SWOT was developed by NASA and the Center National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) from France. With detailed data scientists can see where the world's water resources come from and also where they are going in the future due to climate change. Maps of rivers, lakes, seas, glaciers and many other water sources at a higher resolution will also be taken so that they can be used as research data by future scientists.
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