SSH and SST - Global

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.

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.

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

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.

El Niño/La Niña - (12/1996 - 01/2000)

OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation

SSH and SST - Pacific Ocean

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...

Our World: How High is the Ocean?

NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye

Sea Surface Height - Global Average from 1993 - 2011.

Ice covers 10 percent of Earth's surface and helps moderate the planet's temperature.

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

Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.

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 Ground Tracks

Jason-3 Animation

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

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...

SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

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

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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

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

OSTM/Jason-2 - All instruments plus data animation