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Watching Our Oceans
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May 20, 2008
Watching Our Oceans
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Earth’s global sea levels are rising – and are doing so at an accelerating rate.
Rising Waters: A Warmer World
Greenland and Antarctica are home to most of the world's glacial ice – including its only two ice sheets – making them areas of particular interest to scientists.
Rising Waters: Out-of-Balance Ice Sheets
After living in coastal Virginia and seeing the effects of climate change firsthand, Ben Hamlington is now researching sea level rise at NASA JPL.
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Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
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Jason-3 Animation
Jason-3 Animation
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.
Rising Waters: High Tide Flooding
For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.
"Science is International" Says French Sea Level Rise NASA Scientist
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SSH and SST - Indian Ocean
SSH and SST - Indian Ocean
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Sea Surface Height Anomaly, 2014-2016
OSTM/Jason-2 - All instruments plus data animation
OSTM/Jason-2 - All instruments plus data animation
SSH and SST - Pacific Ocean
SSH and SST - Pacific Ocean
On Aug. 26, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. PT, NASA hosted a media teleconference to discuss recent insights on sea level rise and the continuing challenge of predicting how fast and how much sea level will ris...
Sea Level Science LIVE
It’s not only water processes that play a role in global sea level rise – ground movements can play a significant role as well.
Rising Waters: Our Dynamic Earth
Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation
Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation
OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation
OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation
Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010
Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010
TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
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
Karl and Seymour learn how carbon dioxide is formed in this sketch from The Lollygaggers, a global warming sketch comedy.
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Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 - How they will work
Jason-CS/Sentinel-6
A look at how NASA is dealing with the threat of sea level rise to its coastal infrastructure.
Rising Waters: Sea Level & NASA Infrastructure
For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.
NASA Engineer Observes Sea Level Rise from Space for 30 Years
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NASA's Earth Minute: Sea Level Rise
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.
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