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The Pacific’s Busy Storm Season
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Super Typhoon In-fa developed an unusually large eye, and the remnants of Typhoon Champi transitioned into an extratropical storm that…

Nov 3, 2026
El Niño Then and Now
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A 35-year satellite altimetry record lets scientists hold this year's El Niño up against its strongest predecessors.

Oct 23, 2026
Fires Char New Guinea
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Emissions on both sides of the island are unusually high as human-set fires spread in a landscape parched by drought.

Oct 22, 2026
Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest
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During El Niño, a cascade of fires across the tropics begins in equatorial Asia and continues in the central and…

Oct 15, 2026
Explosive Intensification for Hurricane Polo
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Several ingredients came together off the Pacific coast of Mexico to generate one of the strongest storms the eastern Pacific…

Sep 25, 2026
Peatland Fires Darken Skies in Indonesia
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With Indonesia gripped by drought, fires are smoldering on the surface and underground.

Sep 3, 2026
Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island
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In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding…

Sep 1, 2026
Bountiful Roebuck Bay 
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Tidal and seasonal shifts leave their mark on this crescent-shaped, productive bay in Western Australia's Kimberley region.

Aug 11, 2026
El Niño Alters Marine Life in the Pacific
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Satellite measurements of chlorophyll at the sea surface signal shifts in the ocean’s nutrient supplies in mid-2026.

Aug 10, 2026
How the Tide Turns at the Mouth of the Elbe
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The ocean’s ebbs and flows reveal dynamic tidal flats and a well-traveled shipping route along the coast of Germany.

Aug 6, 2026
El Niño Is Underway
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Satellite observations of sea surface height indicated that the 2026 event continued to strengthen in early June.

Jun 18, 2026
Color Off the Mid-Atlantic Coast
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Something is brewing in shallow waters offshore of Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.

May 11, 2026
Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier
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Scientists relied on satellite data to understand how the Antarctic glacier lost so much ice so rapidly.

May 4, 2026
Satellite Spots a Spawn
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The activity of herring around Vancouver Island in British Columbia brightened coastal waters enough to be detectable from space.

Mar 27, 2026
Cañon Fiord’s Whirling Waters
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During the 2022 summer melt season, sediment plumes and fractured sea ice traced swirling eddies in a branch of the…

Mar 16, 2026
Showy Swirls Around Jeju Island
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Winds blowing past the volcanic landmass near the Korean Peninsula created a trail of spiraling clouds, while murky water churned…

Feb 24, 2026
Arctic Blast Brightened the West Florida Shelf
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A cold snap in the southern U.S. stirred up a dazzling display of sediment in coastal waters.

Feb 23, 2026
Blooming Seas Around the Chatham Islands
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A vibrant display of phytoplankton encircled the remote New Zealand islands.

Jan 16, 2026