
2018 sensing our planet
Unwelcome enrichment in the Arctic
Microscopic plastics infiltrate Arctic sea ice with unknown consequences for the ecosystem.
Parameters: Ice velocity, sea ice motion

2017 sensing our planet
Drought on the range
Ranchers want to know what to do about dry spells.
Parameter: Soil moisture
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2016 sensing our planet
In the Zone
Sea ice may underpin the survival of Antarctic seabirds.
Parameter: sea ice concentration

2015 sensing our planet
Heart of drought
A mighty forest fades in the Congo.
Parameter: Canopy microwave transmittance
A submarine retreat
New maps get to the bottom of Greenland’s outlet glaciers.
Parameters: Ice sheet elevations, Ice sheet thickness
Burned but not forgotten
Decades after a fire, high-elevation forests still shape a climate.
Parameter: Snow cover

2014 sensing our planet
Unexpected ice
Sea ice in the Southern Ocean defies predictions.
Parameter: sea ice concentration
A baffling signal in the tropics
Convection meets the Indian Ocean for supersize weather.
Parameter: Rain type (convective or stratiform)