Measuring salinity in ocean water allows researchers to infer important information about climate change and variability, as sea surface salinity can act as a “rain gauge” and is used as an indicator ...

A rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite blasted off successfully today. SMOS is the first-ever satellite to attempt to measure ocean salinity from ...

SEATTLE — NASA launched an international satellite mission June 10 that will measure the ocean’s saltiness from hundreds of kilometers above Earth. The Aquarius/SAC-D satellite soared into space at ...

An international spacecraft that will take NASA's first space-based measurements of ocean surface salinity has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Aquarius/SAC-D ...

PASADENA, Calif., April 30 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency scientists say they are preparing a satellite to measure the salinity of Earth's oceans. The Aquarius satellite, to be launched during May 2010, ...

Physical factors play key roles in the lives of intertidal organisms. Some animals, like the intertidal gastropod Nerita scabricosta, lay their eggs in tidepools. These tidepools spend varying amounts ...

An Argentine satellite with a U.S.-built primary instrument will begin measuring the salinity of Earth’s oceans with unprecedented detail this summer, provided its planned June 9 launch goes well. The ...

While NASA spends a lot of time looking up and out toward the stars, the agency also has another important role: using satellites in space to look back at our own planet. Earth observation is crucial ...