SSH and SST - Pacific Ocean

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,...

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010

Watching Our Oceans

Jason-3 Animation

Changing conditions in the Pacific have stirred up Earth’s largest ocean and redistributed its heat, piling up warm waters along U.S. Western shores and raising sea level in the process.

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

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

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 rise is an indicator that our planet is warming. When ice on land, such as mountain glaciers or the ice sheets of Greenland or Antarctica, melts, that water contributes to sea level rise.

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...

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

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...

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.

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 joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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.

SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye

Our World: How High is the Ocean?

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.

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

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation