Tag: PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

  • El Niño Alters Marine Life in the Pacific

    El Niño Alters Marine Life in the Pacific

    Satellite measurements of chlorophyll at the sea surface signal shifts in the ocean’s nutrient supplies in mid-2026.

  • Sizing Up the Sargassum Belt

    Sizing Up the Sargassum Belt

    Seaweed composing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt hit near-record levels in June 2026, with the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America both reaching all-time highs.

  • NASA’s PACE Mission Studies Smoke, Fires

    NASA’s PACE Mission Studies Smoke, Fires

    With the North American fire season underway, and a record number of acres already burned nationwide, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite’s three instruments are observing vegetation precursors to fires, along with plumes of smoke and their…

  • Color Off the Mid-Atlantic Coast

    Color Off the Mid-Atlantic Coast

    Something is brewing in shallow waters offshore of Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.

  • New NASA Views of Earth, From (S)PACE

    New NASA Views of Earth, From (S)PACE

    NASA has a fleet of satellites in orbit, gathering data around the clock, to explore unique views of our home planet’s ocean, atmosphere, and land surfaces.