But in 2008 a team of researchers used satellite images and modeling software ... Five years later they did it again, capturing a comprehensive view of an ocean in transition.

As each orbit is made the satellite can view a 1,600 mile (2,700 km ... ice mapping, boundaries of ocean currents, energy flows, etc., are other types of environmental information collected ...

The Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County continues to inch toward the ocean posing danger to life and infrastructure, ...