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A Year in the Life of Carbon Dioxide
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A Year in the Life of Carbon Dioxide

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

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Drought Slows Plant Growth, 2000-2009
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Drought Slows Plant Growth, 2000-2009

This color-coded map shows how plant growth and the carbon plants store changed between 2000 and 2009.

Published Aug 21, 2010

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OCO-2 Lifts Off
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OCO-2 Lifts Off

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) may help scientists answer key questions about how carbon cycles between Earth’s atmosphere, ocean, and land.

Published Jul 3, 2014

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Satellite Detects Human Contribution to Atmospheric CO2
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Satellite Detects Human Contribution to Atmospheric CO2

Measurements from OCO-2 will provide a baseline for monitoring changes in emissions.

Published Nov 17, 2016

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Gross Primary Productivity
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Gross Primary Productivity

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

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Permafrost Becoming a Carbon Source Instead of a Sink
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Permafrost Becoming a Carbon Source Instead of a Sink

As global and regional warming continues, winter emissions of carbon dioxide from Arctic lands are offsetting what plants absorb in the summer.

Published Nov 19, 2019

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Faint Glow, Clear Signal from Plants
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Faint Glow, Clear Signal from Plants

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

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Logging and Regrowth in Washington State
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Logging and Regrowth in Washington State

This pair of images show patterns of forest clearing and regrowth in Wasghington state over 26 years. Such images help scientists understand how human decisions impact the carbon cycle and Earth’s climate.

Published Jul 5, 2011

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Studying Plants, Permafrost, and Carbon near Barrow, Alaska
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Studying Plants, Permafrost, and Carbon near Barrow, Alaska

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

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Our Reliance on Plants is Increasing
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Our Reliance on Plants is Increasing

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

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Counting Carbon Over Southern California
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Counting Carbon Over Southern California

NASA’s new Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 calibrated its sensors by taking data from an area where ground stations could provide ground truth.

Published Nov 7, 2014

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Global Biosphere
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Global Biosphere

The sum of Earth's plants, on land and in the ocean, changes slightly from year to year as weather patterns shift. This pair of images contrasts average plant growth in 2002 to growth in 2008, revealing small interannual changes.

Published Jun 6, 2009

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The Keeling Curve
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The Keeling Curve

Published Jun 25, 2005

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Carbon Eaters on the Black Sea
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Carbon Eaters on the Black Sea

Satellites observe a massive bloom of coccolithophore plankton in July 2012.

Published Jul 31, 2012

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