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ID: 12057
Carbon dioxide is vital for life on Earth, but an overload of the greenhouse gas is driving one of the most serious problems facing our planet: climate change. With NASA’s fleet of satellites including NASA’s new experimental Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2), scientists now have a more complete picture of how Earth is changing as carbon dioxide levels rise.
Join NASA scientists on Friday, Nov. 20th from 6:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EST and again from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST to see NASA’s first-ever global view tracking carbon dioxide levels all the way from the top of the atmosphere to Earth’s surface. Find out how these results are helping us understand how humans are changing the climate, and what it means for our future. Rising levels of carbon dioxide, which acts as a blanket trapping heat in our atmosphere, are already causing major changes to our climate -- from rising sea levels to the fact that 10 of the warmest years on record happened in the last 15 years.
For more information see:
"A Breathing Planet, Off Balance."
Additional videos of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite.
Carbon Cycle Live Shots
Join NASA scientists on Friday, Nov. 20th from 6:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EST and again from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST to see NASA’s first-ever global view tracking carbon dioxide levels all the way from the top of the atmosphere to Earth’s surface. Find out how these results are helping us understand how humans are changing the climate, and what it means for our future. Rising levels of carbon dioxide, which acts as a blanket trapping heat in our atmosphere, are already causing major changes to our climate -- from rising sea levels to the fact that 10 of the warmest years on record happened in the last 15 years.
For more information see:
"A Breathing Planet, Off Balance."
Additional videos of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite.
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Credits
Michelle Handleman (USRA): Lead Producer
Michael Randazzo (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Lead Editor
Michael Randazzo (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Lead Editor
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Missions:
Earth Observing-1
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2
Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2)
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on (GRACE-FO)
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR)
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE)
Keywords:
SVS >> Carbon Cycle
SVS >> Carbon Dioxide
SVS >> Carbon Ocean Cycle
SVS >> Carbon Sink
SVS >> Earth
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Climate Change
SVS >> Earth >> Satellites >> Earth Observing Fleet
NASA Science >> Earth
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12057
Missions:
Earth Observing-1
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2
Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2)
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on (GRACE-FO)
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR)
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE)
Keywords:
SVS >> Carbon Cycle
SVS >> Carbon Dioxide
SVS >> Carbon Ocean Cycle
SVS >> Carbon Sink
SVS >> Earth
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Climate Change
SVS >> Earth >> Satellites >> Earth Observing Fleet
NASA Science >> Earth
