slide 1 - Downtown Miami scene shows a car moving through a flooded intersection on a sunny day; a stop sign looms in the foreground, buildings and palm trees in the distance, and the water, though fairly shallow, shows small wavelets.

Sea-level Toolkit: New Guide Helps Planners Prepare

A new plain-language guide can help coastal planners use scientific data to prepare for the effects of rising seas – including more frequent, minor flooding. Full story ›

NASA Measures Underground Water Flowing From Sierra to Central Valley

This source accounts for about 10% of all the water that enters this highly productive farmland, including rivers and rain. Full story ›

slide 3 - Large glaciers with a rift in between

Sweating the Details: The Interplay of Climate, Glaciers and Sea Level

A new study sheds light on the connections between climate change, glacier melt, sea level, and the role of humans. Full story ›

NASA Scientists and Satellites Make Sense of Earth's Subtle Motions

What can hidden motions underground tell us about earthquakes, eruptions, and even climate change? NASA scientists are using data gathered 400 miles (about 644 kilometers) above Earth to find out. Full story ›

slide 5 - Researcher Manuela Girotto, wearing sunglasses and scarf, stands to the left of an icy mountain above a lake of melt-water.

Linking Water from Land to Sea Level Rise

Researcher Manuela Girotto uses satellite measurements and computer models to improve estimates of an often overlooked contributor to sea level rise: water flowing from land. Full story ›

Global Mean Sea Level

3.4

± 0.4
mm/yr
Ocean Mass

2

± 0.3
mm/yr
Steric Height

1.2

± 0.2
mm/yr
Greenland Ice Mass Change

273

± 21
Gt/yr
Antarctica Ice Mass Change

151

± 39
Gt/yr

Advancing NASA Sea Level Science and Interdisciplinary Research

Climate Tools

Visualize and access information and data relevant to understanding and planning for sea level rise in response to ongoing climate change.

Interagency Sea Level Rise Scenario Tool

Visualize and download the sea level scenarios from the U.S. Sea Level Rise Interagency Task Force.
IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool

Visualize and download global and local sea level projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report.
Sea Level Evaluation & Assessment Tool

View regional relative sea level trends and understand the processes that contribute to the measurements from satellite altimeters and tide gauges.

Data and Analysis Tools

Analyze and download satellite, in situ, reanalysis and modeled data associated with sea level change and the processes that contribute to it.

Data Analysis Tool

Analyze NASA data with the Data Analysis Tool. Perform regional statistical analysis, time series analysis and comparison.
Virtual Earth System Laboratory

The Virtual Earth System Laboratory includes simulations related to glaciers, ice sheets, sea level and solid earth.