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NASA’s Front Porch View of Rising Seas

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.


Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA. NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using sea level rise models from NOAA and the National Oceanography Centre's Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published September 8, 2015
Data acquired 2014

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Sea Level Rise