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Re-Connecting on the North Slope: NASA FORTE’s Summer 2025 Pre-Field Visit
2026.10.13
In July 2025, NASA’s Earth Venture Suborbital Mission FORTE (Frontlines of Rapidly Transforming Ecosystems) moved from planning to action on the North Slope of Alaska.
Crossing Maine’s Waters in Pursuit of GNATS
2026.08.13
The Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series, or GNATS, produces data that is used to validate NASA’s suite of ocean color satellites.
El Niño Alters Marine Life in the Pacific
2026.08.10
Satellite measurements of chlorophyll at the sea surface signal shifts in the ocean’s nutrient supplies in mid-2026.
How the Tide Turns at the Mouth of the Elbe
2026.08.06
The ocean’s ebbs and flows reveal dynamic tidal flats and a well-traveled shipping route along the coast of Germany.
Students Take on Airborne Field Research with NASA
2026.07.31
The gusty wind didn’t make it easy to hold tight to a balloon so large. The balloon, a scientific instrument called an ozonesonde, was about to be released into the atmosphere above the Texas Gulf Coast by students from NASA’s SARP (Student Airborne Research Program), which concluded its summer session July 27.
Sizing Up the Sargassum Belt
2026.07.29
Seaweed composing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt hit near-record levels in June 2026, with the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America both reaching all-time highs.
Keeping PACE with Ocean Change
2026.07.07
The primary goal of this collaboration was to support and validate science data products from NASA's recently launched Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite mission.
NASA’s PACE Mission Studies Smoke, Fires
2026.06.26
With the North American fire season underway, and a record number of acres already burned nationwide, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite’s three instruments are observing vegetation precursors to fires, along with plumes of smoke and their movement.
A Turquoise Tint for the Black Sea
2026.06.25
Phytoplankton added a milky blue hue to the waters of the Black Sea and nearby waterways in spring and summer 2026.
El Niño Is Underway
2026.06.18
Satellite observations of sea surface height indicated that the 2026 event continued to strengthen in early June.
NASA Satellites Help Map Ocean Nutrient Stress
2026.06.05
A new study combining NASA satellite observations, ocean surveys, and genetic testing on marine microorganisms found evidence that warming ocean waters may be limiting nutrient availability across much of the global ocean.
New Eruption in the Bismarck Sea
2026.05.21
Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.
Color Off the Mid-Atlantic Coast
2026.05.11
Something is brewing in shallow waters offshore of Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.
Notes from the Field: Off Uruguay, PACE Partners Connect Data from Satellite and Sea
2026.04.27
The waters and ocean sediments offshore of Uruguay are highly understudied, making it a unique location for a PACE PVST field campaign and an exciting opportunity to work alongside SPARC scientists.
Earth Day 2026
2026.04.22
In 2026, NASA is showcasing how our ability to see and study Earth from space has advanced from the earliest missions to the moon to the latest Artemis flyby. No matter how far we travel, the journey starts here.
Advancing Earth Observation at NASA Since Release of Earthrise Photo
2026.04.22
“On Earth Day, we are reminded of the extraordinary responsibility we share to understand our planet,” said NASA Administrator Isaacman. “NASA’s Earth science missions continue to deliver critical data that strengthen communities, support industries like agriculture, and help the nation anticipate and respond to wildfires, droughts, flooding, ...
New NASA Views of Earth, From (S)PACE
2026.04.21
To dig into the mysteries of our planet Earth, NASA has a fleet of satellites in orbit, gathering data around the clock. Join one of these satellites — the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem satellite (PACE), which launched in February 2024 — to explore its unique views of our home planet’s ocean, atmosphere, and land surfaces.
Notes from the Field - Sailing for Science: A 50-Day Mission to Study the Southern Ocean
2026.04.01
For 50 days during the 2026 Austral summer (January to March), the PlanktoSpace team of 18 scientists, crew members, and passengers set sail on a unique mission.
Cañon Fiord’s Whirling Waters
2026.03.16
During the 2022 summer melt season, sediment plumes and fractured sea ice traced swirling eddies in a branch of the Nansen Sound fjord system in the Canadian Arctic.
A Most Unusual Lake
2026.03.11
Lake Unter-See in Antarctica, sealed beneath thick ice, contains unusually high levels of dissolved oxygen and cone-shaped microbial reefs resembling some of Earth’s oldest fossils.
Ailing "Megaberg" Sparks Surge of Microscopic Life
2026.03.06
As Iceberg A-23A disintegrated, it shed meltwater that helped fuel an extensive phytoplankton bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean.
A Little Town with a Long Name
2026.03.05
A NASA luminary from the Apollo era grew up in Wales near Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Blooming Seas Around the Chatham Islands
2026.01.16
A vibrant display of phytoplankton encircled the remote New Zealand islands.
A Plume of Bright Blue in Melissa’s Wake
2026.01.13
The category 5 hurricane stirred up carbonate sediment near Jamaica in what scientists believe is the largest such event in the satellite record.
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