NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland Mission Leaves for Its Last Field Trip
The pioneering campaign drops probes from a plane into the sea to track how seawater is melting glaciers and lend insight into the future of sea level rise.
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Study Projects a Surge in Coastal Flooding, Starting in 2030s
In the mid-2030s, every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by climate change.
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Assembly of Satellite to Track World's Water Shifts From US to France
Set for launch next year, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will help scientists monitor Earth’s ocean, as well as the amount of fresh water in its lakes and rivers.
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Major Ocean-Observing Satellite Starts Providing Science Data
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, the latest spacecraft to monitor sea surface height, releases its first science measurements to users.
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Satellites Show How Earth's Water Cycle Is Ramping Up as Climate Warms
NASA scientists have studied 17 years of gravity observations of our planet to understand how the global water cycle is changing.
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