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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
In Mankerni, Sri Lanka, four eyewitnesses to the December 26, 2004 tsunami stand on the remains of the house where they were when they first realized a tsunami was about to strike.

Making Waves in Tsunami Research

Data from Jason and TOPEX/Poseidon give scientists the first detailed profile of a major tsunami event.
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
This picture of the Hawaiian Islands was taken from the Shuttle Discovery in September 1988.

Little Islands, Big Wake

QuikSCAT and TOPEX help scientists notice the long wake near Hawaii.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
This image of the Oates and Pennell Coasts of Antarctica, acquired by MODIS on December 3, 2002, shows several large polynyas.

Life in Icy Waters

Publication from NASA ESDIS describing research uses of data from EOSDIS - scientists use SSM/I data to locate Antarctic polynyas.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
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