NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, launched

NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, launched on July 2, will soon be providing about 100,000 high-quality measurements a day of carbon dioxide concentrations around the globe. But for scientists to understand the processes that control the amount of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, they need to know more than just where carbon dioxide is now. They need to know where it has been, and it takes more than great data to figure that out.

Here’s how they plan to take this #NextGreatLeap in climate change science:
http://go.nasa.gov/1jYoffx

To learn more about the OCO-2 mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/oco2

NASA monitors Earth's vital signs from land, air and space with a fleet of satellites and ambitious airborne and ground-based observation campaigns. NASA develops new ways to observe and study Earth's interconnected natural systems with long-term data records and computer analysis tools to better see how our planet is changing.

For more information about NASA's Earth science activities in 2014, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow

#EarthRightNow #climatechange #OCO2