NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye

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

Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 - How they will work

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

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...

OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation

This visualization shows total sea level change between 1992 and 2019, based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3 satellites. Blue regions are where sea level ha...

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

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

Ice covers 10 percent of Earth's surface and helps moderate the planet's temperature.

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

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

SSH and SST - Global

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.

Launching aboard the joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is NASA’s next instrument that will help improve weather forecasting.

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

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.

Our World: How High is the Ocean?

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

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...

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...

After living in coastal Virginia and seeing the effects of climate change firsthand, Ben Hamlington is now researching sea level rise at NASA JPL.

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...

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010

Jason-3 Animation

SSH and SST - Indian Ocean