In a 2014 report, researchers for NASA concluded that sea levels could rise as much as two feet by 2050, and more recently a study concluded that sea levels could rise as much as six feet by the end of the century. Seeing as two thirds of NASA’s $32 billion worth of structures are within sixteen feet of mean sea level and much of it coastal, this will have huge impacts for the leader in space exploration. NASA reports that coastal flooding at Johnson Space Center in Texas could double in frequency, flooding at Kennedy Space Center in Florida could as much as triple in frequency and flooding at Ames Research Center in San Francisco could increase as much as ten-fold. NASA uses their status as the leader in space exploration to spread information and raise awareness about global warming and change and how it impacts the rise of sea levels and other aspects of our planet. Astronaut Scott Kelly, while aboard the ISS for a year, took numerous photographs of the planet. These photographs show increases in pollution in Asia and India. The smoke from the California wildfires is visible all the way to Chicago. Smog above Mexico City can be seen clearly. Storm systems are occurring in unexpected places. NASA and their astronauts attribute these storm systems to the increased pollution and the fragile atmosphere. Satellite pictures taken by U.S. and international satellites show a clear rise in sea level that NASA believes is linked to the melting of the polar caps from this increased pollution and global warming.

Unless global warming is addressed in a serious manner, this could end up costing NASA billions of dollars in repair, moving and environmental rebuilding.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/science/nasa-is-facing-a-climate-change-countdown.html