NASA Satellites Measure And Monitor Sea LevelFor the first time, NASA has the tools and expertise to understand the rate at which sea level is changing, some of the mechanisms that drive those ...

Maryland coastal residents have a new tool at their fingertips — one that provides them with flood risk scenarios around ...

With its increasing ability to measure both glacier melt and sea level rise, NASA is hoping to more accurately predict what the future may hold. Here's what projections say could be in store for ...

While satellites have revolutionized our ability to measure sea level with remarkable precision, their data becomes less reliable near coasts—where accurate information is most urgently needed.

The new satellite, named Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich after the former director of NASA's Earth Science division, will measure sea level around the globe for the next five years.

The Marin County Health and Human Services "sea level rise vulnerability" dashboard displays flood risk areas on a phone in San Rafael, Calif., on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

The other tool comes from space: Satellite altimeters that look down at the ocean and periodically measure the height of the water relative to a central reference point. A radar pulse is sent down ...

The new satellite, named Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich after the former director of NASA's Earth Science division, will measure sea level around the globe for the next five years.

Modern tide gauges are one tool scientists use to measure sea level increase, but for that 90-year period, the gauges weren't as sophisticated, and their data was limited. (Video via KQED) ...

Specialized buoys can monitor waves on the seafloor. But there are few sea-level stations between Asia and Hawaiʻi to test ...