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Video: total sea level change between 1992 and 2014, based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellites.
Video: 22-year sea level rise
La NASA no estudia solo las estrellas y los planetas; también le preocupa la tierra debajo de tus pies.
La humedad de la Tierra
Durante más de 20 años, la NASA ha estado rastreando la topografía de la superficie global del océano para comprender el importante papel que desempeña en nuestras vidas.
Aumento del nivel del mar
A visualization of U.S. East Coast ocean flows
Video: Ocean Flow Vignettes
Animation of global water level variability
Video: Water Storage in Global Hydrological Basins
Video: Images created from GRACE data showing changes in Antarctic ice mass since 2002.
Video: Antarctic ice loss 2002-2016
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.
Video: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Family Tree
A visualization shows global temperature changes per latitude zone from 1880 to 2022.
Video: Global Warming Broken Down by Latitude Zone (1880-2022)
Animación simplificada del efecto invernadero.
Efecto invernadero
Video: Using observations from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) satellite, scientists developed a model of the behavior of carbon in the atmosphere from September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015.
Video: Following atmospheric carbon dioxide
Earth has about 370,000,000,000,000,000,000 (quintillion) gallons of water, with some sources easier to access and use than others. The water budget tells us where that water is – key information that helps better plan for the future.
Video: Earth's Water Budget
Video: A high-resolution, three-dimensional view of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations from September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015.
Video: Seasonal changes in carbon dioxide
Video: Explore how scientists determine glacial speed from space.
Video: At glacial speed
This animation compares sea surface salinity (saltiness) data from two NASA datasets from 2015 to 2017.
Animation: Sea Surface Salinity (Saltiness) Comparison (2015-2017)
This visualization shows sea surface temperature (SST) data from January 2016 through March 2020.
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) from January 2016 through March 2020
An animation with voiceover narration showing the global ocean tides as a complex system of rotating and trapped waves with a mixture of frequencies.
Video: Global Ocean Tides
Video: Images created from GRACE data showing changes in Greenland ice mass since 2002.
Video: Greenland ice loss 2002-2016
This animation shows the change in atmospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO
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) levels as a result of COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions.
COVID-19 Mitigation Leads to Reduced Pollution Associated with Decreased Fossil Fuel Use
This visualization shows the complex patterns of methane emissions produced globally from January 2018 to November 2018.
Video: Methane Sources
A view from one of our flying science laboratories over the ice in Greenland during Operation IceBridge.
Inside NASA's P-3 aircraft
This animation shows how various temperature records and Arctic sea ice have changed between 1850 and 2018 from human and natural drivers of climate change.
Human and Natural Drivers of Climate Change (1850-2018)
An animation shows several high impact events across the globe between August 2019 and January 2020, including the Australian bushfires.
Global Transport of Australian Bushfire Smoke
Carbon dioxide is the main heat-trapping greenhouse gas that humans emit. How much do you know about it and its impact on global warming and climate change?
Quiz: Carbon dioxide
NASA's new Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 space satellite will probe the carbon cycle like never before, telling us where the carbon is going and giving us clues as to where we will end up.
Graphic: Measuring carbon dioxide from space
Quiz: Our home planet
Quiz: Our home planet
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Interactives, galleries and apps
Images of Change
Explore a stunning gallery of before-and-after images of Earth from land and space that reveal our home planet in a state of flux.
Climate Time Machine
Travel through Earth's recent climate history and see how increasing carbon dioxide, global temperature and sea ice have changed over time.
Eyes on the Earth
Track Earth's vital signs from space and fly along with NASA's Earth-observing satellites in an interactive 3D visualization.
Global Ice Viewer
Earth's ice cover is shrinking. See how climate change has affected glaciers, sea ice, and continental ice sheets.