By providing a measurement of all of the carbon being stored in Earth’s plants, maps like these help scientists figure out what happens to the carbon people release by burning fossil fuels.
Published Jul 8, 2011
A representation of the pressure local populations put on their ecosystem, this map shows how much plant matter people need for food and other products compared to the amount of plant material produced in each region.
Published Dec 15, 2010
Compared to a photo-like image, a false-color image of the lake-dotted tundra near Barrow, Alaska, reveals more detail about the different plant communities occupying wetter or drier areas of the landscape.
Published Oct 22, 2009
As scientists detect plant fluorescence in better detail, they inch closer to helping farmers respond to extreme weather and close in on understanding how carbon cycles through ecosystems.
Published Jul 10, 2020
This map of plant photosynthesis was the first of its kind from the MODIS instrument, which was launched in December 1999 on the Terra spacecraft.
Published Jun 5, 2000
Scientists say the world would be even warmer if not for a surge in plant growth.
Published Feb 18, 2020
An instrument on the International Space Station observed vegetation beginning to stir on summer mornings near Lake Superior.
Published Feb 26, 2020
The 500-megawatt Núñez de Balboa photovoltaic plant in Spain will supply energy to 250,000 people per year.
Published Mar 7, 2020
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 has compiled its first year of data and started quantifying the cycles of emission and absorption of the greenhouse gas.
Published Dec 12, 2015
2012 ranks among the ten hottest years on record; all ten years have occurred since 1998.
Published Jan 16, 2013
