This Satellite Will Bring The Most Accurate Climate Data We’ve Ever Had

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will soon be taking a historic satellite into orbit that could help us understand how climate change is affecting our seas.

For nearly 30 years, a host of U.S.-European satellites have been working together to gather climate data which has been instrumental in tracking big changes in climate phenomena like El Nino or monitoring ocean features like the Gulf Stream. But these satellites couldn’t capture tiny changes in these environments. And this is where Sentinel-6 mission comes in.

It’s part of the EU’s Copernicus program, the world’s largest Earth monitoring system, which has worked to measure the environment and the role human-caused climate change is having on it.

The mission is made up of two identical satellites: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich which takes off in November 2020, and Sentinel-6B that launches in 2025.

It’s an international effort between NASA, the European Space Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, and France's National Centre for Space Studies.

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Sentinel-6: Charting sea level for Copernicus
"With global mean sea level rising because of climate change, Copernicus Sentinel-6 is the next radar altimetry reference mission to extend the legacy of sea-surface height measurements until at least 2030."

Behind the Spacecraft – Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich – Sea Level Scout
"Meet some of the talented people behind Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich and get to know the satellite."

Modeling Sea Level Rise
"To understand sea-level change at a particular coast, we must know the sum of global, regional and local trends related to changing ocean and land levels."

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[arun]

Politicians: Wow great all of this highly accurate data for me to ignore

[feminico]

Finally a seeker video without the word "Could" or "Might" in the title

[k-doggy]

Doesn't matter. Karen on Facebook still knows best.

[PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

I’m glad our technology is getting better at studying earth’s systems :)

[larrends]

What the hell is a gallon.
Please use the metric system.

[funplay]

lol we need to get our politicians brains more than to get accurate measurments...

[Lalit-ywtb]

Please Seeker, you are a science channel, stick to the metric system for any sort of data that you guys present. You know what, not everyone watching this channel is an American. I get frustrated so many times by your data presentation on the Imperial System even though you are a science channel. Please change this behaviour, I request you. Thank you for listening.
- A non-American.

[SDGRTX]

Well, Microsoft Flight Simulator do something with it

[TedToal_TedToal]

I’ve always heard altimeter pronounced al-tim-a-ter. ???

[worldpeace]

The amazing things humans can do if they don’t try to kill or exploit each other.

[BuddyL]

*SPOILER:* 🌍 is warming too fast and it's all humans' fault. 🏭🚗

[MoralesAlex]

So it will be able to detect when the weather is manipulated manually by technology.

[tramsgar]

wait wait wait what what what how did millimeters of rise become galleons of water? I get how 3/8 pinkyfingernails become a certain amount of dwarfbellies or even monkeyskulls worth of volume, bat millamoters just silly herringwise.

[Zichoe]

Watch spacex try to land 7th time for the first time tomorrow!!

[jakeelo]

Altimeter is pronounced: al·tim·e·ter. (alˈtimidər) Thank you!

[danielmorris]

As a climate scientist, I submit that "300 billion gallons of water" means nothing at all to the human brain. Why can't you explain the effects of sea level rise in terms that are meaningful to us??

[oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

[alanmarston]

I Was born in 1950. I Was learning about Climate change just a few tears later. The message is basically the same and still, no one is hearing it. I worked for a little company that did Oil and gas exploration out of Texas. What we found is still the problem we have today. We "Love our Freedom and Rights more than we Love our Neighbor?

[milachik]

Wait people building houses and roads around the coast, and they are suprised that ocean flooding them??
:-D You do not stop that, sea levels are one time high another low.

[gvibanhez]

This is an absurd spent of money because everyone knows that the increase of water levels is due to the melting of the great wall of ice that surrounds the earth...









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