More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of ...

The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in ...

As each orbit is made the satellite can view a 1,600 mile (2,700 km ... ice mapping, boundaries of ocean currents, energy flows, etc., are other types of environmental information collected ...

But in 2008 a team of researchers used satellite images and modeling software ... Five years later they did it again, capturing a comprehensive view of an ocean in transition.

Here’s the satellite view of what’s called an atmospheric river. There is a low pressure system over the Pacific Ocean that is affecting the West Coast. GOES-W satellite shows the defined ...

Since the satellite record of ocean height began in 1993, the rate of annual sea level rise has more than doubled. In total, global sea level has gone up by 4 inches (10 centimeters) since 1993.

Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for big bergs, new ...

The surface waters of the oceans are getting warmer at a rate of 0.27°C (0.50°F) a decade, new research shows. This compares with just 0.06°C (0.11°F) in the late 1980s, when we first noticed ...