SWOT satellite lets scientists observe small-scale eddies and waves for the first time A NASA-led satellite mission has ...

It is often said that humanity has explored outer space more extensively than the depths of the oceans—but a team funded by ...

NASA’s new video is also just fun to watch. The animation shows what the seafloor looks like off the coasts of Mexico, South America, and the Antarctic Peninsula. Research using data from SWOT is ...

NASA's SWOT satellite has revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents and tectonics.

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

SWOT satellite data has been used to map the seafloor, revealing 100,000 seamounts, more than double the number previously ...

This is Indian Ocean topography showing the location of Mauritius as part of a chain of progressively older volcanoes extending from the presently active hot-spot of Réunion toward the 65-million ...

SpaceX launched NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission on Friday morning. The mission will conduct the first global survey of Earth’s surface water. Photo: Keegan Barber/AFP/Getty ...

was conceived to give a more comprehensive picture of global fresh-water and ocean topography. Launched in December 2022, it combines a new satellite architecture, formed of a 10-metre-long mast ...

Background color is the mean dynamic ocean topography for the period 2011-2022. A deep ocean basin is extending north of the 1000 m depth contour line. In situ observations have confirmed the ...

Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...