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Dispersant from Deepwater Horizon Spill Found to Persist in the Environment

In an attempt to prevent vast quantities of oil from fouling beaches and marshes, BP applied 1.84 million gallons of chemical dispersant to oil to oil released…

NOAA’s GOES-R Satellite Magnetometer Ready for Spacecraft Integration

The Magnetometer will monitor magnetic field variations around the Earth and enable forecasters at NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center to better predict the…

Researchers find organic pollutants not factor in turtle tumor disease

In a new study,* researchers from the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML), a government-university partner facility in Charleston, S.C., and from university and…

NASA’s High-Flying Laser Altimeter to Check Out Summer Sea Ice and More

Icy areas look different from a satellite’s perspective as well. When NASA launches the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, in 2017, it…

Shark Teeth Analysis Provides Detailed New Look at Arctic Climate Change

The Arctic today is best known for its tundra and polar bear population, but it wasn’t always like that. Roughly 53 to 38 million years ago during what is…

Study provides new approach to forecast hurricane intensity

New research from University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggests that physical conditions at the air-sea interface,…

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