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Watching Our Oceans
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May 20, 2008
Watching Our Oceans
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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
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
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
SSH and SST - Indian Ocean
SSH and SST - Indian Ocean
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
B-roll for media. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is an Earth-observing satellite that will collect data on sea level and how it changes over time. By measuring sea surface height, scientists world...
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Media Reel
Sea levels across the globe are rising as a result of a changing climate — and the rate at which they are rising is accelerating. NASA Science Live was recorded Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, and featured...
NASA Science Live: Rising Seas
Launching aboard the joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is NASA’s next instrument that will help improve weather forecasting.
Using GPS to Improve Weather Forecasts
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
Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 - How they will work
Jason-CS/Sentinel-6
Sea Surface Height - Global Average from 1993 - 2011.
Sea Surface Height 1993 - 2011
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
Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010
Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010
On the left is Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) relative to the sea level mean (1993-2018). On the right is Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) with the sea level trend as the straight line. The data a...
Sea Surface Height Anomalies and Global Mean Sea Level
NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye
NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye
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?
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.
Water, Water Everywhere!
Earth’s global sea levels are rising – and are doing so at an accelerating rate.
Rising Waters: A Warmer World
TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
El Niño is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific. The warmer water associated with El Niño displaces colder water in the upper layer of the ocean caus...
Sea Surface Height Anomaly, 2014-2016
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
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)
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
TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks
TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks
For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.
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