Circling above Earth at a speed of seven kilometers (four miles) per second, the SWOT satellite altimeter only needs three weeks to image the entire surface of the planet. Its focus, however, is on ...

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will explore how the ocean absorbs atmospheric heat and carbon, moderating global temperatures and climate change. Though climate change is driving sea ...

Satellites recorded the largest ocean swells ever seen from space, highlighting how massive waves can act as storm “messengers,” carrying a storm’s power across entire oceans.

As the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission begins its survey of the Earth’s surface this month, the satellite will get power from solar cells built by Spectrolab, Inc., a wholly owned ...

Thanks to the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, we can see the ocean warming up. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

A satellite-mounted instrument has in just one year produced higher-resolution imagery of the global seafloor than that from comparable systems over the past 30 years. At present, ship-mounted ...

Ocean heat transport pathways to Totten Glacier revealed so far by this research group. Background color is the mean dynamic ocean topography for the period 2011-2022. A deep ocean basin is extending ...

Launched in December 2022, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission houses a first-of-its-kind satellite instrument, KaRin, with an interferometric Ka-band active radar and a near-nadir ...

Woods Hole, Mass. (Monday, May 8, 2023) - A new study provides the first observational evidence of the stabilization of the anti-cyclonic Beaufort Gyre, which is the dominant circulation of the Canada ...

Sedimentary rocks have unveiled a fascinating chapter in Earth’s geological history, revealing ancient ocean floor cooling.