The Moon offers something for everyone. It’s visible most nights, its everchanging face has features one night not seen the previous night, and it doesn’t take an expensive setup to enjoy it. To help ...

One of the strangest nebulae known makes a good target for large scopes. The Bug Nebula, also known as NGC 6302, is a bipolar nebula in Scorpius with a strange, flattened shape set in a rich starfield ...

Studying complex environmental systems, such as atmospheric chemistry and climate, requires a global, long-term view—the view from a satellite. “You can have access to regions that are very, very ...

Creating a mental image of a synchronicity requires that the person’s observing self notices two or more events with similar patterns and that the likelihood of their occurring together appears to be ...

The 2020 Ocean Observing System Report Card provides an update on the status of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ocean observations, the ...

The GOOS Ocean Observing System Report Card was prepared in collaboration with GOOS partners and experts, and produced by its operational centre OceanOPS. In 2022 the Report focuses on how an ...

Suggested Citation: "3 International Frameworks for the In Situ Ocean Observing System." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Sustaining Ocean Observations to Understand ...