This visualization depicts bathymetric features of the western Atlantic Ocean Basin, including the continental shelf, captured by satellite. Credit: NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite and Information…
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Microplastics are fragments of any type of plastic that are less than 5 mm (0.20 in) in length. Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than…
Using future projections from the latest generation of Earth System Models, a recent study published in Science Advances found that most of the world’s ocean…
Credit: NOAA On May 11, 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from its Geostationary…
March 1, 2022 Two weeks after launch, the nation’s newest weather satellite has reached geostationary orbit. Two weeks after its launch, the nation’s newest weather…
NOAA’s GOES-T is the third satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) – R Series, the Western Hemisphere’s most sophisticated weather-observing and environmental-monitoring system.…
Online bathymetric dataset will help decision-makers manage water resources. Lakes and reservoirs have a profound influence on ecosystem functions, local streamflow levels, and the movement…
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket, carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T), lifts off from Space…
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket, carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T), rolls out from the…
Following a successful Launch Readiness Review at NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States…
Coastal cities like Miami, shown, already experience high-tide flooding. Credit: B137 (CC-BY) NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent…
This animation features actual satellite images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun, as it crosses between the DSCOVR spacecraft’s Earth…
NOAA’s GOES-T is the third satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) – R Series, the Western Hemisphere’s most sophisticated weather-observing and environmental-monitoring system.…
Research team surveying the seafloor near Thwaites Glacier. Credit: Alex Mazur / British Antarctic Survey Ice sheet’s demise poses the biggest threat for sea-level rise…
An artist’s impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface observations, even through clouds. Credit: Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) The missions, including two…
The CME associated with the October 9, 2021, M1 flare arrived as anticipated early on October 12, UTC-day. The CME shock front arrived at the…
The view from the DC-8 research aircraft as flies through the marine boundary layer, the portion of the atmosphere close to the ocean’s surface where…
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice. Credit: NOAA July 2021 has earned the…
Scientists prepare to collect near-bottom water aboard the R/V Pelican to verify oxygen measurements used to determine the size of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic…
This map shows sea level measured by the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite from June 5 to 15. Red areas are regions where sea level is…