The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission is able to measure ocean features, like El Niño, closer to a coastline than previous space-based missions.

The instrument will enable nonprofit organization Carbon Mapper to pinpoint and measure methane and carbon dioxide sources from space.

Summer of 2023 was Earth’s hottest since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York.

As the climate changes, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are increasing.

No stranger to hot weather, the region is facing more humid heat waves that test the adaptability of its residents. But different areas feel different effects.