Often considered desolate, remote, unalterable places, the high seas are, in fact, hotbeds of activity for both people and wildlife.
Protecting the High Seas
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NASA Study Adds a Pinch of Salt to El Niño Models
When modeling the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) ocean-climate cycle, adding satellite sea surface salinity — or saltiness — data significantly improves model accuracy, according to a new NASA study.
More Pavement, More Problems
There may be a hidden cost to urban expansion: more flooding.
Climate Change Triggers Great Barrier Reef Bleaching
Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its third coral bleaching event in just five years.
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Harold between Vanuatu and Fiji
Tropical Cyclone Harold brought heavy rains and hurricane-force winds to Vanuatu and was moving toward Fiji when NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with an image of the storm.
Stream Pollution From Mountaintop Mining Doesn’t Stay Put in the Water
Since the 1980s, a sprawling mountaintop removal mining complex in southern West Virginia has been leaching pollutants -- such as selenium -- into nearby streams at levels deemed unsafe for aquatic life.
