NASA + Smithsonian and Greenhouse Gases

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NASA uses airborne and satellite data to look at how changes to forests impact carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. Smithsonian’s GEO-TREES initiative validates satellite observations with ground-based measurements of how much carbon is stored in forests’ trees and vegetation. GEO-TREES also works to bolster global investments in forest protection and restoration. Tracking carbon dioxide, and other greenhouse gases, and having a comprehensive understanding of how much carbon is stored in our planet’s diverse forests are both critical to monitoring our changing climate and its impacts.

About GEO-TREES
The GEO-TREES project is hosted at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and relies on the support from and collaboration with network partners, including ForestGEO, FORESTPLOTS.net, TmFO, the Bezos Earth Fund, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), the Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France, the University of Leeds, UK, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IASA), Austria, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), OneForest, France, and the European Space Agency (ESA).

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