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Watching Our Oceans
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May 20, 2008
Watching Our Oceans
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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...
NASA's Earth Minute: Sea Level Rise
This animation illustrates the evolution of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (relative to the respective normal state) in the Pacific Ocean associated with the 2015-2016 El Niño.
2015-2016 El Niño-Southern Oscillation Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
Recorded live broadcast of Sentinel-6B, launched at 9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16 (12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Relive the Launch: Sentinel-6B
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.
El Niño: 1997 vs. 2015
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
NASA and SpaceX Launch U.S.-European Mission to Monitor World's Ocean (Recap)
The Jason-3 satellite, launched on January 17, 2016, is allowing scientists to continue a 23-year record of crucial ocean monitoring.
ScienceCasts: Measuring the Rising Seas
Jason-3 Animation
Jason-3 Animation
Karl and Seymour learn how carbon dioxide is formed in this sketch from The Lollygaggers, a global warming sketch comedy.
Fossil Fools: Mr. Carbon's Coffee
The ocean is responsible for Earth's mild climate and makes life on Earth possible for all creatures.
Earth: The Water Planet
TOPEX/Poseidon Instruments
TOPEX/Poseidon Instruments
SSH and SST - Global
SSH and SST - Global
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
For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.
"Science is International" Says French Sea Level Rise NASA Scientist
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
A look at how NASA is dealing with the threat of sea level rise to its coastal infrastructure.
Rising Waters: Sea Level & NASA Infrastructure
Sea Surface Height - Global Average from 1993 - 2011.
Sea Surface Height 1993 - 2011
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...
NASA Engineer Helps Track the Global Impacts of Rising Seas
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.
Jason-3: Studying the Earth's Oceans from Space
After living in coastal Virginia and seeing the effects of climate change firsthand, Ben Hamlington is now researching sea level rise at NASA JPL.
NASA Scientist Studies Sea Level Rise from Space
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
Fathoming the forces that determine global sea levels can be daunting. We present a guide to the basics of ocean surface topography.
Earth Science Basics: What Determines the Level of the Sea?
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch Footage
It's hard to "see" sea level rise by just looking at the ocean, but its effects are very real.
Earth Science Basics: Sea Level Rise
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Family Tree
Ice covers 10 percent of Earth's surface and helps moderate the planet's temperature.
Frozen Earth