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Satellite imagery shows the difference between current and average sea surface temperatures in the Eastern Pacific Ocean as a literal heatmap.
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NOAA Satellites
Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean were already far higher than average by the first week of June 2026 due to El Niño.

El Niño has become more intense over last 40 years than the previous 1,000 years

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Illustration of human body with blue hue in blue circle

With a Probing Eye
Man with brown hair and skin holds book as woman with black hair and braids looks at him

McNair Scholars Get Big Investment
Experimental optical setup in physics lab

A Different Kind of Chaos
A mechanical wheel topped with a tarp-like cover tiled in solar panels sits in a green river surrounded by green foliage

Catching Plastic at Its Source
Pink cells on a purple background

From Droplet to Discovery
Two silver colored fish swim above a red coral reef in dark blue water

Healing Our Ocean
Humpback whale's tail above water against city skyline

Safe Harbor

Life Imitates Mica
Glowing electric coil which is part of The Magneto-Optic Modulator

The Magneto-Optic Modulator
People sit watching erupting volcano in the distance

The Earth’s Newest Secret
2022 AGU award winners

Rewarding Geophysical Research
Power company worker wearing a hardhat is repairing electrical wires from a utility bucket truck.

Denial, Doubt and Delay
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