The rapidly growing desalination industry produces water for drinking and for agriculture in the world’s arid coastal regions.
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NASA Finds Tropical Cyclone Gelena in the Middle of the Southern Indian Ocean
Visible imagery from NASA’s Terra satellite showed a weaker Tropical Storm Gelena far from land areas, and in the middle of the Southern Indian Ocean.
How Undersea Gases Once Helped Superheat Our Planet
The world’s oceans could harbor an unpleasant surprise for global warming, based on new research that shows how naturally occurring carbon gases trapped in reservoirs atop the seafloor escaped to superheat the planet in prehistory.
New Study Finds Ecosystem Changes Following Loss of Great White Sharks
A new study has documented unexpected consequences following the decline of great white sharks from an area off South Africa.
Tropical Cyclone Oma Threatens Vanuatu, Seen by NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP Satellite
Tropical Cyclone Oma continued to move southeast in the Southern Pacific Ocean, and continue affecting Vanuatu. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of the storm.
Surface Lakes Cause Antarctic Ice Shelves To ‘Flex’
A team of British and American researchers, co-led by the University of Cambridge, has measured how much the McMurdo ice shelf in Antarctica flexes in response to the filling and draining of meltwater lakes on its surface.