While scientists have long studied currents of large eddies, the smaller ones — called submesoscale eddies — are notoriously ...

Heat waves destroy crops, drive wildfires, and kill humans and wildlife, but these extreme weather events aren't just limited ...

Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies ... once every 21 days. The satellite gives researchers a multidimensional view of water levels, which they ...

Scientists captured the first detailed images of small ocean currents, revealing their surprising role in shaping the climate ...

Marine heat waves are often identified with satellite observations that measure the temperature of the ocean surface ... events consistently lurked out of view and were never visible in the ...

The researchers assessed waves on the Colorado River in Texas, the Ocmulgee River in Georgia and the Yellowstone River in ...

In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech have used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially ...

A stock image of an aerial view of waves in the Atlantic Ocean. A stock image of an aerial view of waves in the Atlantic Ocean. iStock / Getty Images Plus "This direct sedimentary evidence shows ...

Sitting in the cockpit of a helicopter hovering off the Pacific Ocean in Southern California ... I was struck by an eerie juxtaposition as waves lapped up onto shore only a stone’s throw from ...