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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

Heavy winds and stormy seas cause the cargo ship Rena to run aground on October 5, 2011, spilling its cargo and eventually sinking.

Heavy Weather, High Seas

Can dangerous sea states be predicted?

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Photograph of krill

Fleeting Phytoplankton

Along the Antarctic Peninsula, sea ice and phytoplankton are becoming scarce.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

A blue-green algal bloom on Lake Taihu, China, threatened drinking water supplies.

Cleaner Water from Space

Scientists use satellites to help keep water fit to drink.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

Scientists study a luxuriant microbial mat on the Markham Ice Shelf, one of the last remaining ice ecosystems on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island.

Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf

Publication from NASA ESDIS describing research uses of data from EOSDIS - discovering the breakup of the biggest ice shelf in the Arctic.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

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