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Two maps show the concentration of microplastics across the ocean, on July 29, 2017 and April 8, 2018.

Tracking Ocean Plastic From Space

Researchers are using satellite data and machine learning to map microplastic concentrations across the ocean.

Feature Article

Jan 31, 2022

In this image from the NASA Aqua satellite, a swirling phytoplankton bloom becomes visible from space when warm waters from the Kuroshio Current collide with the frigid waters of the Oyashio Current off the eastern coast of Japan.

Probing the Black Current

Satellites and ocean bottom instruments tell similar stories.

Feature Article

Dec 28, 2020

Scientist Hans Røy opens a core sample drilled from the Pacific Ocean seafloor.

Microbes in the Murk

Ancient life survives in suspension under the sea.

Feature Article

Dec 28, 2020

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