SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

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

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.

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

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Sea Surface Height - Global Average from 1993 - 2011.

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.

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...

Our World: How High is the Ocean?

The ocean is responsible for Earth's mild climate and makes life on Earth possible for all creatures.

For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.

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.

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

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010

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

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.

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

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...

OSTM/Jason-2 - All instruments plus data animation

Global sea level rise is accelerating incrementally over time rather than increasing at a steady rate, as previously thought, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satelli...

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.

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,...

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

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.

TOPEX/Poseidon Instruments

El Niño/La Niña - (12/1996 - 01/2000)