NASA's launch of the Sentinel-6, an Earth-observing satellite which will monitor sea level changes and provide atmospheric data, will help improve weather forecasting as well as climate modeling. NASA ...

SANTA BARBARA, CA -SpaceX on November 17 launched NASA’s ‘Sentinel-6B’ satellite aimed at monitoring sea level change, the US space agency said. ‘Sentinel-6B’ is an Earth-observing satellite jointly ...

SpaceX launched a joint NASA-European environmental research satellite early Monday, the second in an ongoing billion-dollar project to measure long-term changes in sea level, a key indicator of ...

The Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the Sentinel-6B satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base on November 17, placing it into orbit 57 minutes later to continue global sea-level monitoring.

The latest Falcon 9 launch did more than light up the California coast; it quietly reset the bar for how precisely we can track a warming planet’s rising seas. With the Sentinel-6B satellite now on ...

Annapolis, a city expected to experience record flooding this year, is changing how City Dock — an area that connects the city’s downtown to the waterfront — looks and operates. On Wednesday, ...

For around 2,000 years, global sea levels varied little. That changed in the 20th century. They started rising and have not stopped since — and the pace is accelerating. Scientists are scrambling to ...

Satellite data reveals sea-level rise has unfolded almost exactly as predicted by 1990s climate models, with one key underestimation: melting ice sheets. Researchers stress the importance of refining ...