Sea Level Rise
Overview
Earth’s seas are rising, a direct result of a changing climate. Ocean temperatures are increasing, leading to ocean expansion. And as ice sheets and glaciers melt, they add more water. A fleet of increasingly sophisticated instruments deployed by NASA across the oceans, on polar ice and in orbit, reveals significant changes among globally interlocking factors that are driving sea levels higher.
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![VIDEO: "Witness the Breathtaking Beauty of Earth’s Polar Regions"
Operation IceBridge recorded the diversity and fragility of our rapidly changing polar regions. These areas are some of the most inhospitable, but breathtaking places on Earth. Sit back and witness the polar regions, from western Greenland to Antarctica. Notable features include the Pine Island Glacier, Larsen C ice shelf, and rapid summer melt on the western Greenland Ice Sheet.
Learn more: Operation IceBridge
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NASA Field Research 2015
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Rising Seas: NASA on the Greenland Ice Sheet
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Aerials over Greenland
Go to this pageA reel of helicopter footage taken in July of 2015 over Greenland including a transit from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland to a field camp on the ice sheet, operated by UCLA's Larry Smith footage over the Ilulissat IceFjord and nearby glaciers. ||
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Greenland Beauty Shots
Go to this pageViews of Greenlandic scenery from Kangerlussuaq, the terminous of the Russell Glacier, and the Ilulissat region. ||
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Greenland Melt Water
Go to this pageVarious scenes of water melting from the Greenland Ice Sheet on its way to the sea. ||
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Researchers in the Field
Go to this pageNASA, the National Science Foundation, and universities support a variety of field research in Greenland. ||
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Greenland Icebergs
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Operation IceBridge Arctic 2015 video series
Go to this pageFor more IceBridge videos NASA’s Operation IceBridge has wrapped up its 2015 Arctic field campaign after covering a vast expanse of science targets during 33 different flights over land ice, sea ice, and glaciers. The airborne campaign flies over the Arctic and Antarctic every year measuring changes in the ice with instruments like radar and lasers. For more on IceBridge, visit NASA's IceBridge webpage. ||