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

NASA JPL-UC Irvine glaciologist Eric Rignot explains how glaciers in West Antarctica are changing.

Unstoppable West Antarctic melt (narrated)

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

Measuring elevation changes on the Greenland ice sheet

Animated GIF of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, scheduled to launch in November 2020.

Animated GIF: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

This animation shows how global sea levels have risen more than 80 millimeters (3.15 inches) over the past three decades, which is like covering the U.S. in about 4 meters (about 13 feet) of water over that period.

Animation: Global Sea Level Change (1992-2017)

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

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon flat earth tide height model

An animation shows global sea level trends from 1993 to 2022 as observed by several satellite missions.

Video: Tracking 30 Years of Sea Level Rise

Explore how scientists determine glacial speed from space.

At glacial speed

Animation showing changes in Greenland ice mass since 2002 based on satellite data.

Video: Greenland Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

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

Greenland ice flow

Visualization showing total sea level change between 1992 and 2014, based on data from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellites.

22-year sea level rise - TOPEX/JASON

NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) and Operation IceBridge missions investigate Greenland's thinning ice sheets from above and below.

Greenland's thinning ice

Whiteboard animation on the basic science behind sea level rise.

Video: NASA's Earth Minute - Sea level rise

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

Fly in 360 degrees over Greenland’s craggy glaciers and other ice formations from NASA’s P-3 aircraft.

Video: Greenland's ice from above

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth-observing satellites from NASA and European partners, including EUMETSAT and the French space agency CNES.

Video: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Family Tree

The basics of sea level rise, expressed in everyday terms, and what it means for those on the coast.

Video: Rising tides: Understanding sea level rise

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

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

GRACE global gravity animation

Visualization of the locations of the ARGO buoy array over time (with faster camera move).

ARGO float animation #2

Visualization that captures sea surface temperature anomalies around the world from 1982 to 2017.

Video: Sea surface temperature anomaly timeline: 1982-2017

Graphic of global glacial mass loss and area summarized by region.

Regional rates of glacier loss for 2003 to 2009

A visualization of how sea level fluctuates around the world.

Monitoring sea level

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

Total water storage from GRACE, 2007

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

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