Title: Rising Waters
Headings: RISING WATERS
RISING WATERS
How NASA is Monitoring Sea Level Rise
SATELLITE DATA: 1993-PRESENT
Rate of Change
NASA Studies All Aspects of Sea Level Rise
Humanity, not one agency, not one country, not one continent, but . . . humanity has been monitoring global sea level from space with exquisite accuracy for more than 28 years.
Four Impacts of Sea Level Rise
4. Sea Level Rise Around the World
1. Rising Seas Cause Blue-Sky Flooding
2. Warmer Water, Dropping Land, Rising Seas
3. Sea Level Rise on NASA's Doorstep
4. Sea Level Rise Around the World
1. Rising Seas Cause Blue-Sky Flooding
2. Warmer Water, Dropping Land, Rising Seas
3. Sea Level Rise on NASA's Doorstep
4. Sea Level Rise Around the World
Rising Sea Level: Meltwater from Ice
Rising Sea Level: Thermal Expansion
Complicating Sea Level: Ocean Circulation
Complicating Sea Level: Solid Earth Dynamics
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Future Sea Level

Content: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
In 2014, NASA created a Sea Level Change Science Team to bring together experts from across the agency and at other institutions that study different aspects of this multidisciplinary problem. Scientists studying glaciers, ice sheets, ocean physics, land movement and more are brought together to tackle what sea level rise looks like now – and what it will look like in the future. "We’re united by this big goal," said Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, the NASA program manager who oversees the team. " Sea level is impacted by these different factors that one discipline doesn't cover – so we’ve got to bring in experts to approach it from all angles." Four Impacts of Sea Level Rise
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4. Sea Level Rise Around the World
Coasts are vulnerable to sea level rise around the world, but sea level does not affect all coasts equally. NASA data, along with that of our U.S. and international partners, are used to monitor sea level conditions world-wide. 1. Rising Seas Cause Blue-Sky Flooding
Cities including Annapolis in Maryland, Hampton Roads in Virginia, and Miami were originally designed and built to provide enough protection against flooding, but sea level rise has caused that buffer to shrink. This leads to sunny-day flooding that seeps into septic systems and onto parking lots and roads—slowing response times for first responders.