Oceans
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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.
Researchers have developed a new way to measure near-shore bathymetry using satellite observations alone.
If you want to understand how interconnected our planet is—how patterns and events in one place can affect life half…
Criss-crossing boat wakes left their mark in a phytoplankton bloom drifting near Block Island.
The Pacific island has a storied past in the study of atoll formation and a tenuous future as it adapts…
The natural climate phenomenon contributed to upheavals in temperature and rainfall patterns across the globe.
Shifting rainfall patterns are projected to leave millions of people without consistent access to food in late 2023 and early…
Shifting rainfall patterns are projected to leave millions of people without consistent access to food in late 2023 and early…
