Oceans of Climate Change

To provide scientists with essential information about global and regional changes in the seas, NASA will launch the Jason-3 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Earth’s global sea levels are rising – and are doing so at an accelerating rate.

Fathoming the forces that determine global sea levels can be daunting. We present a guide to the basics of ocean surface topography.

Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 - How they will work

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

A key ocean observation satellite has been named after Earth scientist Michael Freilich

Earth’s rising seas are some of the most visible signs of our warming planet. Over the last 23 years, NASA satellite missions have observed a steady rise in global sea levels as polar ice sheets me...

For over 20 years NASA has been tracking the global surface topography of the ocean in order to understand the important role it plays in our daily lives. Climate change is causing our Ocean to war...

For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.

After living in coastal Virginia and seeing the effects of climate change firsthand, Ben Hamlington is now researching sea level rise at NASA JPL.

Ice covers 10 percent of Earth's surface and helps moderate the planet's temperature.

Jason-3 Animation

Watching Our Oceans

For NASA engineer Shannon Statham, building spacecraft is all about being creative.

Launching aboard the joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is NASA’s next instrument that will help improve weather forecasting.

Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.

Sea Surface Height - Global Average from 1993 - 2011.

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Our planet is changing. Our ocean is rising. And it affects us all. That’s why a new international satellite will continue the decades-long watch over our global ocean and help us better understand...

NASA and its U.S. and international partners have teamed up to launch a new Earth-observing satellite called Sentinel-6B that will measure sea surface height of most of the planet’s ocean. These ob...

One of the best ways to understand Earth's ocean is from the perspective of space.

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

TOPEX/Poseidon Instruments

In many communities in the U.S., sea level rise is already a factor in people’s lives in the form of high-tide flooding.