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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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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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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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A Global Garden: Plants Storing Carbon
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A Global Garden: Plants Storing Carbon

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

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NASA’s New Carbon Counter Collects Its First Data
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NASA’s New Carbon Counter Collects Its First Data

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 will help scientists quantify the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Published Aug 12, 2014

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The Keeling Curve
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The Keeling Curve

Published Jun 25, 2005

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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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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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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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Mauna Loa Observatory
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Mauna Loa Observatory

This satellite image of the summit of Mauna Loa overlaid with contour lines helps illustrate why volcanic emissions from the summit rarely reach the observatory where atmospheric carbon dioxide is measured.

Published Mar 19, 2010

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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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Fourteen Years of Carbon Monoxide from MOPITT
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Fourteen Years of Carbon Monoxide from MOPITT

Concentrations of the gas, which is produced by burning carbon-based fuels, have decreased since 2000.

Published Jun 2, 2015

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Scientists Show Connection Between Gas Flaring and Arctic Pollution
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Scientists Show Connection Between Gas Flaring and Arctic Pollution

Waste natural gas from industrial oil and gas fields could be a source of nitrogen dioxide and black carbon pollution, according to new research.

Published Apr 27, 2016

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Beijing Restrictions Reduce Pollution
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Beijing Restrictions Reduce Pollution

Measures taken by Chinese officials to improve Beijing’s air quality during the 2008 summer Olympic games dramatically cut concentrations of two major pollutants, say NASA researchers.

Published Dec 17, 2008

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Global Green Up Slows Warming
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Global Green Up Slows Warming

Scientists say the world would be even warmer if not for a surge in plant growth.

Published Feb 18, 2020

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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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