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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
This animated map shows monthly temperature anomalies (changes from an average) from summer 1880 to summer 2023 measured with respect to NASA's 1951-1980 baseline period.
Video: Summer 2023 Record High Global Temperatures
This documentary traces the efforts of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to measure greenhouse gases.
JPL and the Space Age: Sky High (Video)
By comparing bee data to satellite imagery, NASA research scientist Wayne Esaias uses honey bees as tiny data collectors to understand how climate change is affecting pollination and plants.
Video: Sting of Climate Change
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
Nuestra Tierra tiene fiebre. Nuestros científicos creen que la temperatura de la Tierra podría subir de 3 a 10 grados Fahrenheit durante este siglo.
La Tierra tiene fiebre
This visualization shows total sea level change between 1992 and 2019, based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3 satellites.
Video: 27-Year Sea Level Rise
This animation compares sea surface salinity (saltiness) data from two NASA datasets from 2015 to 2017.
Animation: Sea Surface Salinity (Saltiness) Comparison (2015-2017)
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
Los gases de efecto invernadero son vitales para la vida en la Tierra, pero la creciente concentración de ciertos gases, como el dióxido de carbono, está afectando el delicado equilibrio del planeta.
Problema de gas
Antes de la Revolución Industrial, el clima de la Tierra cambiaba debido a eventos naturales como la actividad volcánica y las variaciones de la energía solar.
Los sospechosos de siempre
A visualization shows global temperature changes per latitude zone from 1880 to 2022.
Video: Global Warming Broken Down by Latitude Zone (1880-2022)
The visualization shows monthly global temperature anomalies (changes from an average) between the years 1880 and 2022.
Video: Climate Spiral (1880-2022)
Karen St. Germain, NASA's director of Earth science, gave a presentation at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Video: What NASA Knows from Decades of Earth System Observations
Video: Images created from GRACE data showing changes in Greenland ice mass since 2002.
Video: Greenland ice loss 2002-2016
Desde 1978, la NASA ha estado monitoreando los vientos oceánicos a través de la dispersometría, cuyos datos han mejorado los pronósticos meteorológicos y de huracanes y nos han ayudado a comprender mejor los patrones climáticos globales.
Los vientos oceánicos
A super high-definition view of how carbon dioxide in the air moves around the world with the winds.
Video: Super HD view of global carbon dioxide
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
Video: 25 years of Antarctic land ice elevation change
Video: 25 Years of Antarctic Land Ice Elevation Change Anomalies (West Coast Fly Over)
Video: Explore how scientists determine glacial speed from space.
Video: At glacial speed
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.
Earth 360 Video: The Call of Science
The carbon dioxide cycle is the movement of carbon dioxide (CO
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) between the land, the atmosphere, and the ocean. Print this page to color with your kids at home.
Coloring Page: The Carbon Dioxide Cycle
An animation shows global sea level trends from 1993 to 2022 as observed by several satellite missions.
Video: Tracking 30 Years of Sea Level Rise
This visualization depicts changes in Antarctic land ice thickness as measured by the ICESat and ICESat-2 satellites.
Antarctic Land Ice Height Change as Measured by ICESat and ICESat-2
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.
Animation: Global Sea Level Change (1992-2017)
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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.