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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Land Motion
Published November 5, 2020
Earth’s surface may seem motionless most of the time, but an array of measurements show that natural and human-caused processes cause coastal land to rise and fall.
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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Ice Height
Scientists project ice losses from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets will play a large part in sea level rise in the upcoming century.
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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Gravimetry
Scientists measure ice’s gravitational pull on a pair of satellites, allowing them to estimate ice loss and its contribution to sea level rise.
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Great Fox is Disappearing
Published December 2, 2019
Rising waters are swallowing up another island in Chesapeake Bay.
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Snow over Antarctica Buffered Sea Level Rise
Published December 26, 2018
It snowed more, but the mass gained only compensates for some of the ice being lost in Antarctica.
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More Glaciers in East Antarctica Are Waking Up
Published December 11, 2018
Satellites detect changes in the height and velocity of ice in an area that was thought to be relatively stable and quiet.
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Sea Level Rise is Accelerating
Published February 20, 2018
The acceleration has been driven mainly by increased ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, and it has the potential to double the total sea level rise projected by 2100.
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Eastern New Orleans
Published June 12, 2017
Known as the rural side of New Orleans, the landscape is largely marshes and bayous and old European names.
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Scientists Improve Maps of Subsidence in New Orleans
Published May 25, 2016
Through a combination of airborne radar and ground-based GPS, a research team has developed detailed models of how much land is sinking and rising in southern Louisiana.
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The Waters are Rising on NASA’s Shores
Published September 30, 2015
Global sea level rise poses very local challenges for the many NASA centers situated on U.S. coasts.
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NASA’s Front Porch View of Rising Seas
Published September 8, 2015
The nation’s problem is also NASA’s problem: Half to two-thirds of our space infrastructure and assets stand within 5 meters of sea level.
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Watching the Rivers Flow on Greenland
Published August 30, 2015
A summer field campaign examines the hydrology of the water streaming across the top of the ice sheet.
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