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  "id": 16813866,
  "title": "Open database tracks Earth's water cycle by standardizing decades of satellite data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/open-database-tracks-earths-water-cycle-by-standardizing-decades-of",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T22:20:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-database-tracks-earth-standardizing-decades.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "All water comes from somewhere. Researchers who want to know where it comes from rely on water isotopes, variants of water molecules with slightly different masses, as location identifiers. In particular, the specific ratio of heavy to light water isotopes is unique to the water's origin and processes it has undergone and can provide information on how water travels across the globe.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dialogue Earth",
        "title": "After Dialogue Earth report, Jharkhand officials outline plans to address water shortages in Adivasi villages",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/after-dialogue-earth-report-jharkhand-officials-outline-plans-to",
        "published": "2026-10-27T17:47:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}