Watching Our Oceans

The Argo stop-motion animation aims to inspire children (and adults) to engage with marine science. It is quirky, fun and informative at the same time. The animation explains what an Argo float is,...

The Jason-3 satellite, launched on January 17, 2016, is allowing scientists to continue a 23-year record of crucial ocean monitoring.

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

The Jason-2 satellite sees something brewing in the Pacific. Researchers say it could be a significant El Niño with implications for global weather and climate.

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

A look at how NASA is dealing with the threat of sea level rise to its coastal infrastructure.

NASA and its partners announced the renaming of the mission, previously known as Sentinel-6A/Jason-CS.

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

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

Growing up in landlocked Zimbabwe, NASA JPL engineer Shailen Desai was far from the ocean but still experienced its effects on the climate. Now, he is contributing to an international effort to tra...

It's hard to "see" sea level rise by just looking at the ocean, but its effects are very real.

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.

The ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:17 p.m. EST

This video discusses the water cycle, which is the movement of water around the Earth, and its importance to life. Changes to the water cycle affect climate and vice versa.

Decades of Discovery - How altimeters help us every day.

SSH and SST - Pacific Ocean

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.

Here we provide side by side comparisons of Pacific Ocean sea surface height (SSH) anomalies of what is presently happening in 2015 with the Pacific Ocean signal during the famous 1997 El Niño.

OSTM/Jason-2 - All instruments plus data animation

The ocean is responsible for Earth's mild climate and makes life on Earth possible for all creatures.

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...

It’s not only water processes that play a role in global sea level rise – ground movements can play a significant role as well.

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...

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...

El Niño/La Niña - (12/1996 - 01/2000)