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Read article: NASA Mission Meets the Carbon Dioxide Measurement Challenge
Feb. 10, 2009
NASA Mission Meets the Carbon Dioxide Measurement Challenge
The challenge: very precisely measure carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere all over the world, especially near Earth's surface. >

Read article: First NASA CO2 Satellite Set for Launch
Feb. 9, 2009
First NASA CO2 Satellite Set for Launch
In their studies of global climate change, NASA's science teams are using Earth-observing satellites to map everything from floods and wildfires to El Ninos and phytoplankton. They track sea ice breakups and make daily scans of temperatures from the... >

Read article: NASA's First CO2 Satellite Set for Launch
Feb. 9, 2009
NASA's First CO2 Satellite Set for Launch
In their studies of global climate change, NASA's science teams are using Earth-observing satellites to map everything from floods and wildfires to El Ninos and phytoplankton. They track sea ice breakups and make daily scans of temperatures from the... >

Read article: The Mystery of the Missing Carbon: A JPL Live Chat
Feb. 5, 2009
The Mystery of the Missing Carbon: A JPL Live Chat
NASA satellite sleuth set to launch this month will soon be hot on the trail of the elusive greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced cause of global warming. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory's mission is to find the vast warehouses of... >

Read article: NASA Carbon Mission to Improve Future Climate Change Predictions
Feb. 5, 2009
NASA Carbon Mission to Improve Future Climate Change Predictions
Recent years have seen an increase in record-setting events related to climate change. For example, 2005 was the warmest year globally in more than a century, and in 2007, Arctic sea ice retreated more than in any other time in recorded history. >

Read article: NASA Mission to Help Unravel Key Carbon, Climate Mysteries
Jan. 29, 2009
NASA Mission to Help Unravel Key Carbon, Climate Mysteries
NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide is in final preparations for a Feb. 23 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Carbon dioxide is the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's... >

Read article: The Orbiting Carbon Observatory and the Mystery of the Missing Sinks
Jan. 23, 2009
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory and the Mystery of the Missing Sinks
Picture a tree in the forest. The tree "inhales" carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, transforming that greenhouse gas into the building materials and energy it needs to grow its branches and leaves. >

Read article: The Human Factor: Understanding the Sources of Rising Carbon Dioxide
Jan. 13, 2009
The Human Factor: Understanding the Sources of Rising Carbon Dioxide
Every time we get into our car, turn the key and drive somewhere, we burn gasoline, a fossil fuel derived from crude oil. The burning of the organic materials in fossil fuels produces energy and releases carbon dioxide and other compounds into Earth's... >

Read article: NASA set to launch "CO2 Hunter"
Dec. 18, 2008
NASA set to launch "CO2 Hunter"
The US space agency is set to launch a satellite that can map in detail where carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere. >

Read article: NASA space probe to track CO2 on Earth
Dec. 5, 2008
NASA space probe to track CO2 on Earth
The occasionally acrimonious debate about the planet's climate has been missing a key component: accurate measurements of how much carbon dioxide is in the air and how it is being recycled by Earth. >

Read article: NASA's Carbon-Sniffing Satellite Sleuth Arrives at Launch Site
Nov. 12, 2008
NASA's Carbon-Sniffing Satellite Sleuth Arrives at Launch Site
NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate, has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to begin final launch preparations. >

Read article: A is for Earth from Economist.com
Oct. 6, 2008
A is for Earth from Economist.com
Since the start of the industrial age, the concentration of carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere has increased by about 25%- from 280 parts per million to over 370 parts per million. As concerns over climate change increase, scientists are being asked... >

Read article: Phase 2 of Orbiting Carbon Observatory Field Campaign Begins
Oct. 2, 2008
Phase 2 of Orbiting Carbon Observatory Field Campaign Begins
After 1 year of side-by-side tests at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory with the OCO flight instrument and the FTS, installation of the FTS mobile laboratory at the SGP site began this summer. >

Read article: Best Seller for Atmospheric Research!
Aug. 19, 2008
Best Seller for Atmospheric Research!
Best seller paper "Experimental intensity and lineshape parameters of the oxygen A-band using frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy" is holding the top spot for most downloaded paper in the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. >

Read article: Reef madness - LA Times Opinon section
June 1, 2008
Reef madness - LA Times Opinon section
A greenhouse gass is killing off the world's coral by turning the oceans into an acid bath. >

Read article: NASA to Launch Orbiting Carbon Observatory
Jan. 25, 2008
NASA to Launch Orbiting Carbon Observatory
Talk of the Nation, January 25, 2008 - A satellite observatory designed to map the carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere will be launched in 2009. >

Read article: The Crucial Measurement
Dec. 5, 2007
The Crucial Measurement
The "Carbon Club" began meeting on Fridays about a decade ago, setting up shop in whatever spare meeting places it could find at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Read more of the article written by Amanda Haag which appears in the... >

Read article: Rate Of CO2 Rise Accelerates
Oct. 23, 2007
Rate Of CO2 Rise Accelerates
Release of CO2 due to human activity is increasing faster than ever while "carbon sinks" - CO2 uptake by oceans and land - are weakening, according to a new report (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0702737104). >

Read article: Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) Delivery to Australia
Aug. 18, 2005
Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) Delivery to Australia
On August 18, after a 42-day journey from the California Institute of Technology campus in Pasadena, CA, USA, the first of the OCO mission's Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) mobile laboratories arrived in Darwin, Australia. >

Read article: Obituary Notice Climate Science Pioneer: Charles David Keeling
June 21, 2005
Obituary Notice Climate Science Pioneer: Charles David Keeling
Charles David Keeling, the world's leading authority on atmospheric greenhouse gas accumulation and climate science pioneer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), died Monday, June 20, 2005, while at his... >

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