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Is El Niño Developing?
Published May 14, 2014
Conditions in May 2014 look similar to those in May 1997, a year that brought one of the most potent El Niño events of the 20th century.
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A Dark Bloom in the South Atlantic
Published January 30, 2014
A NASA satellite detected a darkening of the water off the coast of Brazil. Early indications suggest it is a bloom of an unusual species of protist.
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A Lava Lamp Look at the Atlantic
Published December 22, 2013
The Gulf Stream is a warm current amidst the cool North Atlantic. But the pattern is hardly uniform.
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Strait of Tiran, Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba
Published August 5, 2013
The narrow strait between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia is an important passage for ships trying to reach Israel and Jordan.
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Gravity Waves and Sunglint, Lake Superior
Published July 22, 2013
This astronaut view of blending air masses, wind fields, and light reflections is a combination of beauty and of insight about the environment.
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Green Hues Dominate the Persian Gulf
Published December 14, 2011
Green hues dominated the Persian Gulf days after a dust storm in the region.
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Sea Surface Temperatures at the Start of 2010 Hurricane Season
Published June 3, 2010
This color-coded image from June 1, 2010, shows which equatorial ocean waters are warm enough to promote hurricane formation.
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Hurricane Fred
Published September 10, 2009
In this image of wind speed and direction, Hurricane Fred exhibits a distinctive “s” shape—a structure left over, perhaps, from its time as a Category 4 storm.
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Bathymetry
Published July 21, 2005
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C-19 icebergs off Mawson Peninsula, Antarctica
Published January 22, 2004
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B-15A, B-15J, and C-16 icebergs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Published December 30, 2003
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B-15A, B-15J, B-15K, and C-16 icebergs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
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