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Sentinel-6B continues three decades of global ocean height measurements, tracking sea level changes, ocean currents, and climate-related trends for scientific research and operational forecasting.

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Scientists warn that the plate beneath Gibraltar arc will begin to shift toward the Atlantic within 20 million years.

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Trump has ordered a ‘total and complete blockade’ of all U.S.‑sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers entering or leaving the country, ...

As 2025 comes to an end, it’s time to look back at a year that was defined by nature’s extremes. Here are five of the most ...

Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with ...

The South Sandwich Islands were born from a tectonic collision, forged by volcanism and relentlessly reshaped by ice, wind ...

North Atlantic right whales were detected east of Ocean City, Md., in December 2025. Learn more about the 'Slow Zone' now in ...

Abstract: The Ocean Satellite HY-1E carries a programmable medium resolution imaging spectrometer (PMRIS), which consists of 5 camera sub-modules with a 14.4° field of view, and images by stitching ...

On November 16, 2025, the Sentinel-6B satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California.