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The Gulf Stream off the East Coast of the U.S. is a vital ocean component. This map view shows the Gulf Stream on May 29, 2024, as a ribbon of dark red hugging the coast. This warm, swift current starts in the Gulf of Mexico, flows through the straits of Florida and toward North Carolina, then turns eastward as it moves toward northwestern ...
Jan 31, 2022. Feature Article. About 8 million tons of plastic flow from rivers and beaches into the ocean every year. These plastics are carried by ocean currents and broken down by waves and the Sun into small microplastics. Much of it floats at the calm center of circular ocean currents (called gyres) in large garbage patches.
Climate Indicators hold key information for the most relevant domains of climate change: temperature and energy, atmospheric composition, ocean and water as well as the cryosphere. Cryosphere The cryosphere encompasses the frozen parts of Earth, including glaciers and ice sheets, sea ice, and any other frozen body of water.
State of the Ocean (SOTO), developed by NASA's Pysical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC), is an interactive web-based tool that generates informative maps, animations, and plots that communicate and prove the discovery and analysis of the state of the oceans. 3 MIN READ.
Early Chinese mariners called the Kuroshio Current Wei-Lu, or the current to a world from which no man has ever returned. The Japanese named it Kuroshio, or black current, for its dark, cobalt blue waters. Physical oceanographer Steven Jayne said, “The Kuroshio is the strongest current in the Pacific Ocean, and is also one of the most intense ...
NASA’s Earth science data help scientists study water temperature to learn about global warming, water cycles, and ecosystems. Water temperature is an essential parameter in evaluating the composition and biological activity in a water body. The temperature of lakes, rivers, and oceans affects the health of plants and animals that live in and ...
Worldview is an easy-to-use visualization tool that allows users to interactively browse, compare, animate, and download over 1,200 visualized satellite data products. Many of those products are available within hours of being acquired—essentially showing the entire Earth as it looks "right now". This supports time-critical applications, such ...
Where Oceans Meet Atmosphere. Satellite data help sea-going oceanographers pursue an elusive ocean layer. On February 24, 2007, a storm hit the Research Vessel Knorr 1,200 kilometers (650 nautical miles) off the coast of Bermuda. Below decks, the crew listened as the fifty-foot waves and hurricane-force winds slammed into the ship.
Explore Learning Resources. NASA’s massive archive of Earth science data are free and open to any user for any purpose—but accessing, analyzing, visualizing, and applying these data requires a certain degree of knowledge about Earth observation data and how it is collected and optimized. Check out our catalog of learning resources to better ...
Sea Level Changes. Sea levels around the world are rising. Current sea-level rise potentially affects human populations (e.g., those living in coastal regions and on islands) and the natural environment (e.g., marine ecosystems). Two main factors contributed to observed sea level rise. The first is thermal expansion: as ocean water warms, it ...