Climate Change Resources for Media
These selected multimedia and graphic resources are available for use by news media under NASA's media usage guidelines.
B-Roll
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Media Reel
This media reel shows about 17 minutes of footage on the sea level-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, launched in November 2020. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is part of the Sentinel-6/Jason-CS (Continuity of Service) mission, a collaboration among NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA. Preview on YouTube
NASA's Operation IceBridge Over Western Greenland
This roughly two-minute reel contains B-roll of NASA Operation IceBridge flights over western Greenland in May. Using a fleet of research aircraft, Operation IceBridge images Earth's polar ice to better understand connections between polar regions and the global climate system and studies annual changes in thickness of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. Preview on YouTube | Download (2048x1080)
NASA Earth Mission Montage
Get a roughly two-minute montage of recent NASA Earth missions and instruments (such as OCO-3, GRACE Follow-On, Oceans Melting Greenland and CORAL), from their construction and launch to their data products and scientists in the field. These campaigns study carbon, Earth’s gravity field, the ocean-ice interface in Greenland and coral reef health. › Preview on YouTube
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Climate Change
Sea Ice
Global Temperature
Global Warming from 1880 to 2021
This color-coded map displays a progression of changing global surface temperature anomalies (how much warmer or colder a temperature is than the long-term average for a given period) from 1880 through 2021. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower than normal termperatures are shown in blue.
Land Ice
Carbon
Following Carbon Dioxide Through the Atmosphere
This animation visualizes the behavior of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from September 1, 2014, to August 31, 2015, based on observations from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) satellite. See also this version.
Sea Level
Sea Surface Height Anomalies and Global Mean Sea Level
The ocean is bumpy, with shifting hills and valleys, and global average sea level is rising. When land ice melts, it adds water to the ocean. Warmer water also expands, further increasing sea surface height. Sometimes it rains hard enough on land for sea levels to drop a bit. This visualization shows these additions to and subtractions from overall sea level over time, with data trending upward, as measured from space. (More Multimedia)
Additional Resources
Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio (contains hundreds of HD visualizations and is searchable)