head of physical oceanography programs at NASA Headquarters in Washington At SWOT’s core is a specialized instrument called the Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn). It works by sending out radar ...

For decades, scientists have had better maps of the Moon and Mars than of Earth’s own ocean floor. But thanks to NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, a groundbreaking new ...

NASA's SWOT satellite has revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents and tectonics.

SWOT satellite data has been used to map the seafloor, revealing 100,000 seamounts, more than double the number previously known.

We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...

head of physical oceanography programs and the Integrated Earth System Observatory at NASA. In this July 18, 2023, file photo, a billboard displays a temperature of 118 degrees during a record ...

Credit: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit / NASA Johnson Space Center It may ... a geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, in a statement. SEE ALSO: Scientists found huge beaches ...

Researchers using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have mapped the geology of the Mona Rift and made some astonishing ...

More precise maps created using data from the SWOT mission can enhance underwater navigation and provide deeper insights into ...

head of physical oceanography programs and the Integrated Earth System Observatory at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Since the satellite record of ocean height began in 1993, the rate of annual ...

reaching their highest levels in three decades,” NASA’s Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, head of physical oceanography programmes and the Integrated Earth System Observatory, said on Thursday.