Next-generation water satellite maps seafloor from space
More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of how heat and life move around the world's oceans.
UN Environment Programme2d
This data platform charts the health of nearly every freshwater body on Earth. Here’s what it reveals
The Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer offers what experts call an unprecedented look at the world’s lakes, rivers and wetlands, ...
San Francisco Examiner3d
Experts throw caution to stormy winds of atmospheric-river discourse
Some local experts say discourse has gone too far.
Oregonian7d
Are atmospheric rivers getting bigger, wetter? New studies have the answer
In the 1860s, California had to move its capital out of Sacramento because of an atmospheric river flooding. These events aren’t just a California thing. They actually happen all over the United ...
Satellite appears to show new highway cutting through Brazil's Amazon rainforest
Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host COP30.
NOAA’s uncertain future brings tsunami of worry for wildlife, ocean
Concerns have been brewing in recent days as word of large-scale layoffs at NOAA and its sister branch the National Weather ...
How job cuts at NOAA could impact weather forecasting
More than 580 NOAA and National Weather Service staffers have already been dismissed as part of government agency cuts, with ...
KPBS22d
Atmospheric rivers confound rain forecasting in California
“Your prediction might have been really good. You might have said, ‘Hey, we’re going to have a really active atmospheric river winter, and there are going to be 25 atmospheric rivers.’ ...
Powder23d
An Atmospheric River Dumped Snow on the PNW: Here’s Who Got the Most Powder
In the Pacific Northwest, it’s been a messy few days. Surges of wind and moisture battered local ski resorts as an atmospheric river passed through. Fickle freezing levels presented the risk of rain, ...