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NEW INSTRUMENT WILL MAP CARBON WORLDWIDE IN 3-D

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In order to manage forests and mitigate climate change

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scientists need to understand where our carbon is being taken up and where it is already stored.

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So we are building a laser to measure trees from space.

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The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) instrument will spend two years on the ISS

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using eight laser beams to measure every leaf, branch, tree trunk, and shrub in the ground path down on the surface.

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Photons in the laser pulse ricochet back to GEDI

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providing an intricate 3-D map of forest canopies

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Built by NASA and the University of Maryland, GEDI’s laser can peer inside even the densest tropical forests

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letting scientists know how much carbon is stored in forests around the world.

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