Unusually strong winds pushed through Mexico’s Chivela Pass and carried dust over the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
Published Apr 13, 2014
A NASA scatterometer observes how winds shifted over the Pacific Ocean during one of the strongest El Niños on record.
Published Mar 3, 2016
Wind energy has the potential to provide 10 to 15 percent of the world’s future energy, according to Paul Dimotakis, chief technologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Published Jul 16, 2008
In the winter, strong winds drive surface waters away from the shore, and cold water from the deep ocean wells up to replace it.
Published Jan 8, 2005
Cool rain and runoff, combined with the overturning of sea water, has cooled off the sea.
Published Sep 3, 2017Image of the Day Water Severe Storms Human Presence Remote Sensing
Sunglint reveals the wind and wave patterns in the wake of the Canary Islands.
Published Jun 20, 2013
La Niña, the large area of cold water in the Pacific Ocean widely blamed for last summer's drought and often related to an increase in the number of hurricanes that make landfall, appears to be on its last legs.
Published May 10, 2000
