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Scientists with NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission are probing deep below the island’s warming coastal waters to help us better predict the rising seas of the future.

Warming Seas Are Accelerating Greenland's Glacier Retreat

Warming Seas Are Accelerating Greenland's Glacier Retreat

As glaciers flow outward from the Greenland Ice Sheet, what lies beneath them offers clues to their role in future ice thinning and sea-level rise contribution.

NASA Finds What a Glacier's Slope Reveals About Greenland Ice Sheet Thinning

NASA Finds What a Glacier's Slope Reveals About Greenland Ice Sheet Thinning

New NASA research is helping the City of San Francisco plan measures to adapt to sea level rise. (Image credit: Dave R/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Sea Level Projections Drive San Francisco's Adaptation Planning

Sea Level Projections Drive San Francisco's Adaptation Planning

At this year's American Geophysical Union (AGU), researchers are highlighting how an ice-measuring mission is helping to understand aspects of our home planet far beyond what it was intended to do.

Beyond Ice: NASA's ICESat-2 Shows Hidden Talents

Beyond Ice: NASA's ICESat-2 Shows Hidden Talents

Launched on a Falcon 9 rocket Nov. 21, the U.S.-European satellite will measure the world's ocean with unprecedented accuracy.

NASA, US, European Partner Satellite Returns First Sea Level Measurements

NASA, US, European Partner Satellite Returns First Sea Level Measurements

High-tide flooding is an increasing fact of life for U.S. coastal areas. A new tool developed with NASA funding projects its annual frequency for 97 U.S. cities and how it will change over time. (Image credit: B137, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

New High Tide Flooding Projection Tool Aids U.S. Coastal Decision Making

New High Tide Flooding Projection Tool Aids U.S. Coastal Decision Making