Measuring Sea Level Rise From Space

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🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

A new satellite, scheduled to launch this weekend, is the latest in a parade of missions to measure sea level rise. As climate reporter Rebecca Hersher explains, it's vital data for scientists trying to understand how global warming is affecting the Earth's oceans.

For more, you can also read Rebecca's story, "NASA Satellite To Measure Global Sea Level Rise."

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0:00.0	You're listening to shortwave from NPR.
0:05.4	Climate reporter Rebecca Herscher, what do you got from A Today?
0:08.6	Oh, I have something good.
0:10.1	Okay.
0:11.1	I've got a satellite.
0:12.1	It's a new one and it's scheduled to launch this weekend.
0:14.3	Okay.
0:15.3	Cool.
0:16.3	What's it going to do up there like a space stuff?
0:17.3	Uh, not really actually.
0:18.8	This satellite will basically just stare at the ocean all day and try to figure out the exact
0:24.2	location of the water.
0:25.5	Okay.
0:26.5	I guess that sounds fascinating.
0:27.7	Question mark?
0:28.7	Yeah.
0:29.7	It is actually fascinating though.
0:31.4	You know, scientists are really excited about this, especially climate scientists and especially
0:36.6	especially climate scientists who study how global warming affects the oceans and vice versa
0:42.4	because satellite data is really crucial for their work.
0:46.4	It is the only way to understand what's happening to all the oceans, including remote parts
0:51.9	that are harder to measure in other ways like with ships.
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