Sea Level Change: Multimedia - Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) ship & AIRGrav instrument

This animation compares sea surface salinity (saltiness) data from two NASA datasets from 2015 to 2017.

Animation: Sea Surface Salinity Comparison (2015-2017)

Animation: Sea Surface Salinity (Saltiness) Comparison (2015-2017)

Images from GRACE satellite data show Greenland ice mass changes since 2003.

Greenland ice loss 2003-2013

Visualization of the expanse of the annual minimum Arctic sea ice for each year from 1979 to 2014 as derived from SSMI data.

Annual Arctic sea ice minimum 1979-2014 with area graph

Visualization of the average yearly change in ice sheet mass during 2003-2010 over Greenland and Antarctica.

Ice sheet mass balance from GRACE

A quick guide to the science behind sea level rise from an ice-loss perspective, what it means in relatable terms and why it matters.

Video: On thin ice: Why ice loss matters

Animation showing “sea level fingerprints,” or patterns of rising and falling sea levels across the globe in response to changes in Earth’s gravitational and rotational fields.

Monthly changes in gravity affect sea level

Accumulated change in the elevation of the Greenland ice sheet between 2003 and 2012.

Measuring elevation changes on the Greenland ice sheet

Animation of how ice is naturally transported from interior topographic divides to the coast via glaciers.

Greenland ice flow

This movie shows the evolution of several regions of the Greenland Ice Sheet between 2008 and 2300 based on three different climate scenarios.

Video: Greenland Ice Sheet - Three Futures

Animated GIF of Oceans Melting Greenland GLISTIN-A instrument observing Greenland's glacier front; aircraft deploying ocean probes.

Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) GLISTIN-A & AXCTD - Animated GIF

Animation that uses Earth science data to measure physical oceanography parameters such as ocean currents, ocean winds, sea surface height and sea surface temperature.

The ocean – a driving force for weather and climate

Animation of the average yearly change in global land ice mass during 2003-2010 from all of the world's glaciers and ice caps (excluding Greenland and Antarctica).

Global mass balance from GRACE

Animation showing mass changes over Greenland with a colorbar, graph and clock overlay.

Greenland ice sheet mass changes from NASA GSFC GRACE mascon solutions with banded color scale

Images show changes in Antarctic ice mass since 2003.

Antarctic ice loss 2003-2013

A visualization shows ocean currents circulating Pine Island Bay and flowing under Pine Island Glacier.

Video: Ocean Flows Under Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

Whiteboard animation explaining Greenland's melting ice sheet as climate change's canary in a coal mine.

Video: NASA's Earth Minute - Greenland ice

Animation of the West Antarctic region under study by JPL researchers, including glacier velocity data.

West Antarctic collapse (non-narrated)

Visualization of a gravity model created with data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).

GRACE global gravity animation

Video: Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) Principal Investigator Josh Willis recaps an ambitious day out in the field.

Oceans Melting Greenland 9/22/16 update

TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly in the Pacific from September 15, 1996 to September 21, 1997.

El Niño: TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly from September 15, 1996 to September 21, 1997

Sea surface height-monitoring satellite Jason-3 liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Jason-3 liftoff on Falcon 9 rocket

Join NASA Earth scientists for a 360-degree view of our planet as they head into the field to study ice in Greenland and coral reefs in Hawaii.

Earth 360 Video: The Call of Science

The mean annual amplitude of total water storage on Earth in 2007 as measured by GRACE.

Total water storage from GRACE, 2007

Whiteboard animation on NASA's twin GRACE satellites that monitor Earth's gravity field to help scientists understand global water and ice distribution.

Video: NASA's Earth Minute - Scale in the sky

Data from TOPEX/Poseidon was used to produce a computer model of 16 days of tide height.

TOPEX/Poseidon flat earth tide height model

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Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) ship & AIRGrav instrument - Animated GIF

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