NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye

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...

Decades of Discovery - How altimeters help us every day.

A key ocean observation satellite has been named after Earth scientist Michael Freilich

Karl and Seymour learn how carbon dioxide is formed in this sketch from The Lollygaggers, a global warming sketch comedy.

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

The Jason-2 satellite sees something brewing in the Pacific. Researchers say it could be a significant El Niño with implications for global weather and climate.

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

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

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.

For NASA engineer Shannon Statham, building spacecraft is all about being creative.

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

Sea Surface Height - Global Average from 1993 - 2011.

OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation

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

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...

SSH and SST - Global

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.

El Niño/La Niña - (12/1996 - 01/2000)

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...

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

Sea Level Isn't Level - Why it matters

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...

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

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

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010