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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

Video: Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) Principal Investigator Josh Willis reports about perfect conditions in northwest Greenland that led to a great day for data collection.

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Oceans Melting Greenland 9/24/16 update
Oceans Melting Greenland 9/24/16 update

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)

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

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Jason-3 liftoff on Falcon 9 rocket
Jason-3 liftoff on Falcon 9 rocket

Image of ocean winds near the surface as observed by NASA's ISS-RapidScat on the International Space Station.

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RapidScat observes El Niño
RapidScat observes El Niño

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

We know seas are rising and we know why. The urgent questions are by how much and how quickly. 

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Infographic: Sea level rise
Infographic: Sea level rise

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

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

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Annual Arctic sea ice minimum 1979-2014 with area graph
Annual Arctic sea ice minimum 1979-2014 with area graph

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

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

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Sea surface height anomaly
Sea surface height anomaly

Visualization of the locations of the ARGO buoy array over time.

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ARGO float animation #1
ARGO float animation #1

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

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

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Measuring elevation changes on the Greenland ice sheet
Measuring elevation changes on the Greenland ice sheet

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

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The ocean – a driving force for weather and climate
The ocean – a driving force for weather and climate

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

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

Map of sea surface height measurements collected by Jason-3 during its first 10 days of orbit.

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Jason-3 begins mapping the ocean
Jason-3 begins mapping the ocean

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

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Sea surface temperature anomaly timeline: 1982-2017
Sea surface temperature anomaly timeline: 1982-2017

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.

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Monthly changes in gravity affect sea level
Monthly changes in gravity affect sea level

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

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glacier flyover
Greenland's ice from above

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

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iceberg flyover
Bird's eye view of an iceberg

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

Explore Kaneohe Bay with NASA’s CORAL scientists. During field campaigns, scientists take in-water (in situ) measurements to validate the data from airborne instruments.

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Explore Kaneohe Bay with NASA's CORAL scientists

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
Sea level rise accelerates over time

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

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