Mission News

Ice Sheet Loss at Both Poles Increasing, Study Finds

An international team of experts has combined satellite and aircraft data to produce the most comprehensive assessment to date of ice sheet losses in ...

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What Goes Down Must Come Back Up

In 2010-11, global sea level fell nearly a quarter inch. But, when it comes to long-term sea level, what comes down must eventually come back up.

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Screen capture from video on ocean currents showing the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic.

NASA Views Our Perpetual Ocean

Tens of thousands of ocean currents are captured in this scientific visualization created by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

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NASA GRACE Data Hit Big Apple on World Water Day

Premiering on New York's Times Square today to mark World Water Day: a new visualization of global groundwater depletion.

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Mission News

NASA Mission Poised to Help Us Gauge Our Rising Seas

The newest ocean-observing satellite takes flight this week to make precise measurements of rising global sea level.
Amazing Grace Team Receives Prestigious Award

A mission that has changed the way we study Earth's gravitational forces has been recognized with a prestigious award for helping scientists better understand our home planet.
NASA Sees Arctic Ocean Circulation Do an About-Face

A team of NASA and university scientists has detected an ongoing reversal in Arctic Ocean circulation triggered by atmospheric circulation changes that vary on decade-long time scales.

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