This pavilion is themed on the Kuroshio Current, an ocean stream that served ... (See the official map for details.) Spain marks its national day on Friday, May 16, at the Expo National Day ...

NASA’s SWOT satellite reveals how small ocean features move heat and nutrients, reshaping climate and circulation models.

The map then highlights significant currents such as the Kuroshio current near Japan. As the map zooms in, it tilts to reveal the 3D bathymetry of the ocean floor. You can also see eddies ...

The agency announced earlier this year it will be launching a rip current risk map in 2025. A rip current is a powerful channel of water that moves away from the shoreline, according to the ...

Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies. A recent NASA-led analysis using data from the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite found that ocean ...

The SWOT mission is a joint project between NASA and CNES, with contributions from CSA and the UK Space Agency, and represents a new era in observing Earth. Its snapshots of the globe every 21 days ...

Not only was SWOT able to spot a submesoscale eddy in an offshoot of the Kuroshio Current—a major current in the western Pacific Ocean that flows past the southeast coast of Japan—but ...