India’s satellite infrastructure to monitor climate and weather is among the world’s most advanced, but our climate risk ...

Cape Perpetua towers above the town, offering the highest viewpoint accessible by car on the Oregon coast. From the top, you can see 70 miles of coastline on clear days. The visitor center has ...

A recent ruling by the California State Assembly reflects decades of neglect for the toxic pollution threatening Imperial ...

Earth's largest waterfall, Denmark Strait cataract, is located in Arctic waters between Iceland and Greenland and is roughly ...

An international research team led by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon has, for the first time, succeeded in visualizing and ...

The bay waters are touted as a great spot for kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding and windsurfing. As one of the quieter recreational parks, Holts Landing is also a great spot for family fun, fishing or ...

New advancements in satellite technology are transforming how we understand the role oceans play in regulating carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in Earth’s atmosphere. While the oceans have long served as a ...

A 2015 satellite photo captured a series of stunning "von Kármán vortices" swirling off Madeira and the Canary Islands. The giant swirls are collectively one of the best examples of this ...

A NASA instrument aboard the International Space Station has detected contamination from Mexican sewage that spilled into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California.

This breakthrough comes from the SWOT satellite, which uses a Ka-band radar interferometer to measure subtle changes in sea surface height with millimeter precision. The instrument has revealed ...

Using data from the new Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, Wang and his collaborators at JPL, CNES and Caltech finally got a clear view of these hard-to-see currents.

The international mission collects two-dimensional views of smaller waves and currents that are bringing into focus the ocean’s role in supporting life on Earth. Small things matter, at least when it ...