Our Rising Seas

Natural Hazards

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich fairing logo

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...

Launching aboard the joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is NASA’s next instrument that will help improve weather forecasting.

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.

Jason-1 Fact Sheet

Sea Surface Height

Wave Height

Jason-1 Pin

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Pacific Decadal Oscillation flyer

TOPEX/Poseidon Measurement System

Wind Speed

Oceans' Role in Climate - Applications

Jason-1 JPL Open House '99 Display

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

TOPEX/Poseidon Fact Sheet

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

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

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...

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

The Legacy of Topex/Poseidon

Earth Science

Jason-1: First Image

Jason-1 Fact Sheet