In the Southern Hemisphere, the space agency notes, the tropical cyclone season typically runs from November to April. The newly published image was taken by NOAA-20's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite—or VIIRS, for short—which can measure an assortment of environmental properties.

The firm Ocean Infinity has launched a new search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in what it says is a "more credible" patch of the Indian Ocean.

The 400-foot-tall Starship took off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach, in Texas, with the updated vessel expected to zoom across the Gulf of America and release dummy satellites as practice before a splash down in the Indian Ocean.

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As a result,

Hotter temperatures aren’t only happening at the ocean’s surface – data indicates they also extend several hundred metres deep. Warm, deeper water can shut down the ocean’s natural cooling process, putting corals at even greater risk of bleaching.

US aviation authorities temporarily halted flights at several Florida airports over concerns about debris from SpaceX's Starship, which spun out of control shortly after launch.

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