SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

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

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

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

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010

One of the best ways to understand Earth's ocean is from the perspective of space.

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

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.

Fathoming the forces that determine global sea levels can be daunting. We present a guide to the basics of ocean surface topography.

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

Decades of Discovery - How altimeters help us every day.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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 - All instruments plus data animation

OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation

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

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 ...

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...

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

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...

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon