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July 5, 2018
NOAA began monitoring sea level more than 20 years ago, with the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite in 1992. NOAA launched its newest in the series, Jason 3.
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November 14, 2019
The NOAA-20 satellite captured imagery of Venice, Italy, on Nov. 14, 2019, after devastating floods disrupted essential services and tourism.
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September 20, 2019
Jason-2, the oceanography satellite that has helped us map the ocean floor and measure global sea level rise, marks its tenth year in orbit.
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August 25, 2021
Greenhouse gases and global sea levels both reached record highs in 2020—as the planet sweltered in a near-record warm year.
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April 10, 2018
The Suomi NPP satellite captured this clear-sky view of the Volga River Delta and the northern Caspian Sea on April 9, 2018…
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April 21, 2015
Jason-3, a mission led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is currently scheduled to launch on July 22 [Ed. note: Launch date
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September 7, 2018
NOAA's polar-orbiting satellites are monitoring higher than average sea surface temperatures in the western North Atlantic.
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February 9, 2016
A study from the University of Central Florida (UCF) involving data from NOAA satellites finds that the lighting ordinances…
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May 28, 2021
An iceberg nearly the size of Delaware sheared off from the edge of Antarctica earlier this month and floated into the Weddell Sea.
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April 2, 2021
Imagery from the NOAA-20 satellite showed more than 400 cargo ships backed up in the Red Sea and Bitter Lake due to a ship blocking the Suez Canal.
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July 5, 2018
A year has passed since the Jason-3 satellite rocketed into space. NOAA's Laboratory of Satellite Altimetry provided us a report on those 365 days.
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November 21, 2020
Eric Leuliette, NOAA's program scientist for Sentinel-6 talks about the agency's planned use of the satellite data.
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August 12, 2020
The globe had another year where all-time records were either challenged or broken, as 2019 ranked among the world’s…