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
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
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
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
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations reached record levels in 2013.
Published Sep 27, 2013
Measurements from OCO-2 will provide a baseline for monitoring changes in emissions.
Published Nov 17, 2016
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
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
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
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
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 will help scientists quantify the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Published Aug 12, 2014
New maps show an estimate of the carbon stored in tropical forests and how sure scientists are about those estimates.
Published Jan 18, 2012
