The Barents Sea Abloom

The chlorophyll contained in phytoplankton often shows up in natural-color images as a green hue in the ocean’s surface waters.

Powerful Category 5 Typhoon Nepartak Takes Aim at Taiwan, China

The typhoon, the first of the year, was expected to make landfall on Taiwan’s east coast in the city of Hualien early Friday and then cross the Taiwan Strait and hit China Saturday. Large waves were already lashing the shore Ilan port city in Taiwan Thursday.