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Many locations north of the equator, such as Guyana, tend to receive more rain than locations in the southern tropics. (Courtesy T. Rampersad)

Rooting Out Rainfall

Polar water fuels off-kilter rainfall in the tropics.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

In this image from the NASA Aqua satellite, a swirling phytoplankton bloom becomes visible from space when warm waters from the Kuroshio Current collide with the frigid waters of the Oyashio Current off the eastern coast of Japan.

Probing the Black Current

Satellites and ocean bottom instruments tell similar stories.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Long-spined sea urchins nest on a depleted kelp bed off the coast of eastern Tasmania.

Pedestrians of Eddy Avenue

Rotating blobs of ocean water may be key to sustaining fisheries.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Moist air coming off the ocean produces clouds along the Big Sur coast south of Monterey, California.

Missing Heat

Scientists search the deep oceans to balance Earth’s energy budget.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Scientist Hans Røy opens a core sample drilled from the Pacific Ocean seafloor.

Microbes in the Murk

Ancient life survives in suspension under the sea.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

This false-color satellite image shows sea ice in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas (red) near Barrow, Alaska.

Mercury Raining

Today's forecast calls for atmospheric explosions and mercury rain.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Mnemiopsis leidyi is a species of ctenophore, or comb jelly, that is native to the western Atlantic Ocean and invasive in many European seas.

Invasion of the Ctenophores

Greek scientists protect the Aegean sea from a predatory invader.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

The icebreaker Aurora Australis churns through pack ice surrounding East Antarctica

In the Zone

Sea ice may underpin the survival of Antarctic seabirds.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

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