Our Rising Seas

Ocean Dynamic Topography

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Fact Sheet

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

El Niño Poster

TOPEX/Poseidon Fact Sheet

Jason-1 with 3 Ships

Jason-1 Poster

Jason-1 JPL Open House '99 Display

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...

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

CNES Jason Logo

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

El Niño/La Niña

TOPEX/Poseidon Measurement System

Jason-1 Fact Sheet

Aviso site en Español

Jason-1 Measurement System

Earth Science

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.

Water & Energy

Estudio de seguimiento de la altura de los océanos para comprender el clima terrestre

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...

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