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Measuring Greenland's ice (poster)

Greenland's melting ice (poster)

A poster titled 'Measuring Greenland's Ice' depicting the various measurement mechanisms that will be utilized by the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission.

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Local change and global rise of sea levels, as measured by satellites from 1993 through 2015.

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Rising seas, by decade
Rising seas, by decade

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

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West Antarctic collapse (non-narrated)
West Antarctic collapse (non-narrated)

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.

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Video: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Family Tree
Video: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Family Tree

NASA is studying the Earth's ice and water to better understand how sea level rise might affect us all.

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Melting ice, rising seas
Melting ice, rising seas

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

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Regional rates of glacier loss for 2003 to 2009
Regional rates of glacier loss for 2003 to 2009

B-roll for media on the sea level-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite.

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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Media Reel
Video: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Media Reel

Take a 360-degree view of an iceberg and sea ice during Operation IceBridge flights over Greenland.

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iceberg flyover
Video: Bird's eye view of an iceberg

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

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Rising tides: Understanding sea level rise
Video: Rising tides: Understanding sea level rise

The great Ice Age glaciers rise and fall in thousands of years per second.

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Video: Watch glaciers rise, fall in thousands of years per second
Video: Watch glaciers rise, fall in thousands of years per second

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

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Greenland ice loss 2003-2013
Greenland ice loss 2003-2013

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

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Video: Antarctic Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020
Video: Antarctic Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

This visualization shows total sea level change between 1992 and 2019, based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3 satellites.

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Video: 27-Year Sea Level Rise
Video: 27-Year Sea Level Rise

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

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Video: Greenland Ice Sheet - Three Futures

TOPEX-Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly in the Pacific from August 1, 1996 to August 3, 1997.

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El Niño: TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly from August 1, 1996 to August 3, 1997

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

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Ice sheet mass balance from GRACE
Ice sheet mass balance from GRACE

Global sea level rise is accelerating incrementally over time rather than increasing at a steady rate, as previously thought.

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Sea level rise accelerates over time
Video: Sea level rise accelerates over time

A visualization of U.S. East Coast ocean flows

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Video: Ocean Flow Vignettes
Video: Ocean Flow Vignettes

Zero- to nine-meter sea level rise scenario in the southeastern United States.

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Sea level rise 'what ifs' in southeastern United States
Sea level rise 'what ifs' in the southeastern United States

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.

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Earth 360 Video: The Call of Science
Earth 360 Video: The Call of Science

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

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GRACE global gravity animation
GRACE global gravity animation

Animated GIF of Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) ship and airborne AIRGrav instrument.

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

An animation with voiceover narration showing the global ocean tides as a complex system of rotating and trapped waves with a mixture of frequencies.

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Video: Global Ocean Tides
Video: Global Ocean Tides

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

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ARGO float animation #2

Visualization of sea surface height anomalies (SSHA) from January 1, 2015 to January 22, 2016.

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Sea surface height anomaly

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

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Oceans Melting Greenland 9/22/16 update
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