Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 2

OCO-2 is a NASA spacecraft dedicated to the study of atmospheric carbon dioxide. It was launched on July 2nd, 2014. Here is the link to the corresponding NASA website (link).

The following animations are built by combining the images provided by NASA.

The first one shows the global distribution of atmospheric CO2, from September 2014 to July 2017. The general increase in CO2 content is apparent.

Click on the left/right keys over the images, if you want to stop the animation and scroll manually.

This other animation shows the global distribution of chlorophyll solar-induced fluorescence, from September 2014 to September 2017. The seasonal shifts of photosynthesis are apparent.

Click on the left/right keys over the images, if you want to stop the animation and scroll manually.