Wednesday, July 02, 2014

NASA Launches New Carbon Observatory


Source - NASA Science News for July 2, 2014

NASA has successfully launched its first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2). OCO-2 soon will begin a minimum two-year mission to locate Earth's sources and sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas responsible for warming our planet.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/02jul_oco2/

A companion video is posted below and can also be viewed at: http://youtu.be/BZtXdBBzJyA



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