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Oceans of Climate Change
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April 21, 2009
Oceans of Climate Change
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Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation
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Melting Ice, Rising Seas
El Niño/La Niña - (12/1996 - 01/2000)
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Rising Waters: High Tide Flooding
Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010
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Getting To Know Jason-3
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Fossil Fools: Mr. Carbon's Coffee
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Sea Surface Height Anomalies and Global Mean Sea Level
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...
Earth's Rising Seas
SSH and SST - Global
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft. Liftoff was at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST).
Liftoff of Jason-3
Sea Surface Height - Global Average from 1993 - 2011.
Sea Surface Height 1993 - 2011
NASA and its partners announced the renaming of the mission, previously known as Sentinel-6A/Jason-CS.
Sentinel 6A Renaming Ceremony
Ice covers 10 percent of Earth's surface and helps moderate the planet's temperature.
Frozen Earth
TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
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Sea Surface Height Anomaly, 2014-2016
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Rising Waters on the West Coast
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