NASA outlines recent breakthroughs in greenhouse gas research
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 22:22
in Earth & Climate
Researchers studying carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas and a key driver of global climate change, now have a new tool at their disposal: daily global measurements of carbon dioxide in a key part of our atmosphere. The data are courtesy of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft.