Global mean sea level has already risen by about 25cm since the 1800s, and the pace is accelerating. Levels rose by approximately 1.8mm per year over the last five decades, doubled to 3.1mm per year in the 1990s, and were...
By Marcia Dunn, AP aerospace writerWednesday, September 08, 2010, 3:54 PM The unprecedented turtle rescue effort at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is winding down. A total of 278 sea turtle nests were trucked to the space center from the Gulf...
Today's MODIS / Terra satellite image is the most cloud-free we've seen in many days, and what it reveals is disturbing: part of the still-massive Gulf oil slick has apparently been entrained in the strong Loop Current, and is rapidly...
