A new study has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa.
Less than a month after launch, the new NASA-French space agency Jason 2 oceanography satellite has produced its first complete maps.
For humans in the path of destructive hurricanes and tsunamis, an accurate warning of the pending event is critical for damage control and survival.
SnoMotes are the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic.
When summer storms arrive, it's not only beach-goers who are affected; the rains can also have an impact on living creatures far below the ocean surface.
Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth's ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool: global satellite maps from NASA.
Imagine the lives that could be saved from flash floods if only scientists could more accurately predict the dynamics of Earth's often unpredictable oceans.
While most citizens of the United States are celebrating the nation's independence during the July 4th weekend, more than 100 scientists, flight crew and mission support personnel from NASA and a variety of universities and government research agencies are working in northern Canada, gathering data in the second phase of the Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites – or ARCTAS – field campaign.
A rare, beached whale is rescued by center volunteers.
Hurricanes aren't the only hazards spinning up in the Gulf of Mexico -- they have a liquid counterpart in the waters below called ocean eddies.