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The activity of herring around Vancouver Island in British Columbia brightened coastal waters enough to be detectable from space.
During the 2022 summer melt season, sediment plumes and fractured sea ice traced swirling eddies in a branch of the…
Winds blowing past the volcanic landmass near the Korean Peninsula created a trail of spiraling clouds, while murky water churned…
A cold snap in the southern U.S. stirred up a dazzling display of sediment in coastal waters.
A vibrant display of phytoplankton encircled the remote New Zealand islands.
The category 5 hurricane stirred up carbonate sediment near Jamaica in what scientists believe is the largest such event in…
A weak La Niña emerged in the equatorial Pacific in late 2025, and scientists are watching how it may help…
After a long, turbulent journey, Antarctic Iceberg A-23A is signaling its demise as it floats in the South Atlantic.
The storm became a major hurricane while traversing the eastern Pacific but weakened as it approached the islands.
The major hurricane steered clear of land but delivered tropical storm conditions to coastal areas along its path.
Data provided by the water satellite are helping to improve tsunami forecast models.
Arctic waters near Norway’s Bear Island teemed with tiny plant-like organisms that painted the seas turquoise-blue and green.
Iceberg A-23A continued to lose sizable pieces of ice during the 2025 austral winter, but it remained the planet’s largest…
A maze of islands, reefs, and rugged coastline creates dazzling patterns in ocean waters near King Sound in Western Australia,…
An explosion in the numbers of cyanobacteria transformed the Baltic Sea into a swirling canvas of green in summer 2025.
Depictions of the seafloor derived from satellite data can improve underwater navigation and increase knowledge of how heat and life…
Cool water has welled up in the tropical Pacific in winter 2024–2025. But it may not stick around for long.
Rising seas have redistributed cyanobacterial mats blanketing part of Andros Island and restructured the island’s marshes and mudflats.
