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Quiz: Sea level rise

Test your knowledge of sea level rise and its effect on global populations.

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This visualization shows sea surface temperature (SST) data from January 2016 through March 2020.
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Sea Surface Temperature (SS...
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The Mackenzie River in Canada plays a major role in Arctic climate as warmer fresh water mixes with cold seawater.  This image was taken by the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite on July 18, 2017.
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Mackenzie River
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.
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This animation compares sea surface salinity (saltiness) data from two NASA datasets from 2015 to 2017.
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Animación simplificada del efecto invernadero.
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Efecto invernadero
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Ice covers 10 percent of Earth's surface and helps moderate the planet's temperature. Glaciers and ice sheets around the world are melting at an alarming rate. By keeping an eye on Earth's ice from space, NASA satellites help us understand the global effects of climate change.
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Video: A visualization of the annual Arctic sea ice "minimum" for each year from 1979 through 2022.
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Video: Annual Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 1979-2022 with Area Graph
An animation shows global sea level trends from 1993 to 2022 as observed by several satellite missions.
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Video: Tracking 30 Years of Sea Level Rise
This video shows the accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) during a single calendar year.
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Global Carbon Dioxide: 2020-2021
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Color-coded map of changing global surface temperature anomalies from 1880 through 2022. 
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Video: Global Warming from 1880 to 2022
Graphic: Global surface temperature changes versus the Sun's energy that Earth receives in watts (units of energy) per square meter since 1880.
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Video: 25 years of Antarctic land ice elevation change
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Animation showing changes in Antarctic ice mass since 2002 based on satellite data.
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Video: Antarctic Ice Mass Loss 2002-2023
Captured onboard a NASA Operation IceBridge flight to survey glacier change in a warming world, this photograph shows a beach and stream in Russel Fjord, Alaska, near the terminus of Hubbard Glacier.
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NASA scientists are working to understand if our land and ocean can continue to absorb carbon dioxide at the current rate – and for how long.
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