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Researcher track variations in the pace of thinning in Amundsen Sea glaciers
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Comparison of Surface Thinning in West Antarctic Glaciers

by Terri Cook 24 January 20177 February 2023

An uninterrupted 24-year altimetry record of Amundsen Sea Embayment glaciers indicates the initiation and pace of thinning have been inconsistent across the region.

Aerial view, looking west over Wordie glacier, one of the smaller outlet glaciers in northeastern Greenland
Posted inScience Updates

Using Landsat to Take the Long View on Greenland's Glaciers

by M. Scheinert, R. Rosenau and B. Ebermann 29 December 201627 July 2022

A new web-based data portal gives scientists access to more than 40 years of satellite imagery, providing seasonal to long-term insights into outflows from Greenland's ice sheet.

Oil spills can have bigger impacts on coastal wetlands than hurricanes.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Oil Residues Accelerate Coastal Wetland Losses

Elizabeth Thompson by E. Jacobsen 28 December 201618 May 2022

Coastal wetland loss after an oil spill can be more extensive than after a hurricane.

Microwave brightness temperature maps derived from satellite data.
Posted inScience Updates

Bringing Earth's Microwave Maps into Sharper Focus

by A. C. Paget, M. J. Brodzik, D. G. Long and M. A. Hardman 21 December 201631 March 2023

New processing capabilities improve the spatial resolution of satellite microwave data, enabling scientists to analyze trends in coastal regions and marginal ice zones.

A partial frame from a movie showing land cover change across the United States, created by Descartes Labs.
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Tracking Global Change with a Cloud-Based Living Atlas

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 19 December 20166 March 2023

With their feet in the cloud, Descartes Labs is pushing the limit of how we study the Earth with satellite images.

Researchers analyze the small physical processes in Typhoon Matmo
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Reading Raindrops: Microphysics in Typhoon Matmo

Leah Crane by L. Crane 9 December 20163 February 2022

Quantitative predictions about tropical storms require an understanding of even their smallest physical processes. A new study observes unusual microphysics in 2014's Typhoon Matmo.

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First of Next Generation of U.S. Weather Satellites Hits the Sky

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 23 November 201626 October 2021

The novel spacecraft and three sister satellites to follow are expected to vastly improve storm forecasting.

The movement of the Gulf Stream has big impacts on ocean mixing and heat transport off the East Coast of the U.S.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Gulf Stream Destabilization Point Is on the Move

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 8 November 201620 July 2022

Westward migration of the wavelike Gulf Stream pattern could have big effects on ocean mixing and heat transport off the U.S. East Coast.

A surfer shares his wave with a flurry of marine debris fragments.
Posted inScience Updates

Developing a Remote Sensing System to Track Marine Debris

by N. Maximenko, Y. Chao and D. Moller 25 October 20163 February 2023

Workshop on Mission Concepts for Marine Debris Sensing; Honolulu, Hawaii, 19–21 January 2016

An image taken from an ever-changing online display by Global Fishing Watch of commercial fishing activity worldwide.
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Online Tracking of Ships Fights Illegal Fishing Worldwide

by Randy Showstack 12 October 201618 March 2022

The system currently follows and records the movements of more than 35,000 large fishing vessels globally to bring transparency to commercial fishing activities.

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