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Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2)

This most recent artist's rendering shows NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2, one of five new NASA Earth science missions set to launch in 2014. With atmospheric carbon dioxide now at its highest concentration in recorded history, the need to make precise, global, space-based measurements of this key greenhouse gas has never been more urgent. As carbon dioxide levels have increased, so too have uncertainties about them -- we don't yet have a clear picture of how these emissions are partitioned between Earth's ocean, land and atmosphere, or how Earth's forests, plants and ocean will respond to increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the future. OCO-2 will address these critical questions to help better assess the health of our warming planet.
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Title: Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2)
Caption: This most recent artist's rendering shows NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2, one of five new NASA Earth science missions set to launch in 2014. With atmospheric carbon dioxide now at its highest concentration in recorded history, the need to make precise, global, space-based measurements of this key greenhouse gas has never been more urgent. As carbon dioxide levels have increased, so too have uncertainties about them -- we don't yet have a clear picture of how these emissions are partitioned between Earth's ocean, land and atmosphere, or how Earth's forests, plants and ocean will respond to increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the future. OCO-2 will address these critical questions to help better assess the health of our warming planet.
Category: Astronomy & Space
Credit: Album / Science Source / NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image size: 10666 × 6000 px | 183.1 MB
Print size: 90.3 × 50.8 cm | 4199.2 × 2362.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ARRAY • ART • ARTIST CONCEPTION • ARTIST RENDERING • ARTWORK • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMICAL • ASTRONOMY & SPACE • ASTRONOMY • ATMOSPHERE • CARBON DIOXIDE • CARBONIC ACID • CONCEPT • CONCEPTUAL • EARTH OBSERVATION • EARTH • ENVIRONMENT • JET PROPULSION • NASA MISSION • OCO-2 • ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY 2 • ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY • ROCKET SHIP • ROCKET • SCIENCE • SOLAR PANEL • SPACE CRAFT • SPACE EXPLORATION • SPACE FLIGHT • SPACE VEHICLE • SPACECRAFT • SPACEFLIGHT