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This map shows the population density in Europe in 1995. (Image courtesy of the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center).

Measure for Measure

DINAS-COAST scientists create software to better understand coastal vulnerability to sea level rise under a variety of climate and socioeconomic scenarios.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
The image above shows ocean images translating to a model

Lovely, Dark, and Deep

Scientists use TOPEX/Poseidon data to better gauge the impact of the ocean on climate change.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
Landsat captured this image of the region around Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1990.

Land Matters

Satellite data help the ISLSCP with storm predictions.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
The image above shows the distribution of permafrost and average maximum extent of seasonally and intermittently frozen ground in the Northern Hemisphere.

Frozen Soils and the Climate System

Interpreting receding glaciers are an important part of the GEWEX GCIP study regions, centered on the Mississippi River Basin.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
The image above shows Pacific Ocean temperatures at their peak on December 10, 1997.

Eye on the Ocean

TOPEX/Poseidon measured the gradual build-up of warm water in the easter equatorial Pacific.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
The SSM/I image above shows the El Nino that occurred in 2014.

El Niño or Not?

An ocean general circulation model produces sea level and temperature responses to four separate events.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
A worker maintains a Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) buoy on the equatorial El Niño array in the Pacific Ocean.

Double Vision

The TOPEX and Poseidon satellites monitor ocean surface topography.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
A series of severe storms during the 1998 El Niño eroded much of the coastline near Pacifica, California.

Clouds in the Balance

The strongest El Niño event on record triggered a radical change in cloud structure.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
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