NASA scientists are crisscrossing the globe in 2017 to investigate critical scientific questions about how our planet is changing and what impacts humans are having on it.
A controversial paper published two years ago that concluded there was no detectable slowdown in ocean warming over the previous 15 years has now been confirmed using independent data.
Scientists are exploring undersea volcanoes, monitoring coastal erosion along hard-to-reach shorelines, and studying the movement of sea ice – all in real time.