Our Rising Seas

La Niña Series

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

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

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...

El Niño/La Niña

A Year in the Life Of El Niño

Jason-1 Fact Sheet

TOPEX/Poseidon Fact Sheet

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...

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

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...

Sea Level

Tracking the Oceans' Height To Understand Earth's Climate

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich fairing logo

Jason-1 JPL Open House '99 Display

How We Fly Our Satellite- JPL Open House '99 Display

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

Sea Level

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.

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

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...

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

El Niño Series

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...

El Niño Poster