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July 21, 2014
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 – Opportunities for Deep Carbon Research
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2) was finally successfully launched on 2 July 2014 from Vandenberg Air Force base in California. This event marks not only the successful completion of unfinished business after the tragic January 2009 loss of... >

July 11, 2014
Earth Right Now Shareables on Flickr
Love your Earth Right Now (ERN) Shareables? You can now find them all in one place! The ERN Team has consolidated all the Shareables from the beginning of the campaign to present on the Earth Vital Signs Flickr Page. New ones will be added as they come... >

July 5, 2014
Gaia’s breath
A newly launched satellite will reveal even more about the planet’s workings than originally planned. >

July 3, 2014
OCO-2 joins the A-Train to study Earth’s atmosphere
Every day, above our planet, five Earth-observing satellites rush along like trains on the same “track,” flying minutes, and sometimes seconds, behind one another. >

July 2, 2014
NASA Launches Carbon Mission to Watch Earth Breathe
NASA successfully launched its first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide at 2:56 a.m. PDT (5:56 a.m. PDT) Wednesday. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) raced skyward from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on a United... >

June 30, 2014
Graphic: Measuring carbon dioxide from space
As part of the Earth Right Now campaign, a Carbon infographic was produced to highlight why we study carbon dioxide from Space. >

June 30, 2014
The Carbon Quiz
How much do you know about carbon? Test your knowledge. Earth has many processes that regulate carbon, atmospheric carbon dioxide and its role in the carbon cycle and climate. How much do you know? >

June 26, 2014
NASA's OCO-2 will track our impact on airborne carbon
Every time we get in a car and drive, we burn gasoline, releasing carbon dioxide and other compounds into the air and disturbing Earth's climate. Our use of fossil fuels continues to increase exponentially, with more than half of all fossil fuels ever use >

June 25, 2014
NASA's OCO-2 Observatory Ready for Launch
The launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission (OCO-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California, is scheduled for Tuesday, July 1. >

June 24, 2014
Mike Gunson: Data, data, data
Dr. Mike Gunson has worked for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1987. He started out working on the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy Experiment (ATMOS), which was designed to study the composition of the atmosphere in detail. >

June 13, 2014
Dave Crisp: Man on a mission
As leader of the mission’s Science Team, Dr. Dave Crisp lives, breathes and eats OCO-2. He helped put together the original idea for the OCO mission and has been working tirelessly since 2000 on the project. Crisp led the team that designed, developed... >

June 12, 2014
“Carbon Copy” Spacecraft Ready to Track Global Carbon Dioxide
On February 24, 2009, the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission - designed to study the global fate of carbon dioxide - resulted in failure. Shortly after launch, the rocket nose didn’t separate as expected, and the satellite could... >

June 12, 2014
New NASA space observatory to study carbon conundrums
NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere is in final preparations for a July 1 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. >

May 30, 2014
Annmarie Eldering: Making good science happen
Dr. Annmarie Eldering has been with the OCO-2 mission since 2010, and has been collaborating with NASA Jet Propulsion Lab since she was a gradate student at neighboring Caltech in 1990. >

May 29, 2014
Obama to target power plants' carbon dioxide emissions
Chicago - On Monday, President Obama plans to unveil what is likely to be the most significant initiative of his presidency to combat climate change: a new rule to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the country's single greatest... >

May 27, 2014
Carbon Dioxide Passes Global 400 ppm Milestone
A new carbon dioxide milestone has been reached according to the World Meteorological Agency. Average carbon dioxide measurements at all monitoring stations in the northern hemisphere were above 400 parts per million for the month of April, the first... >

May 26, 2014
Carbon Dioxide Levels Topped 400 PPM Throughout Northern Hemisphere In April, WMO Says
GENEVA, May 26 (Reuters) - Carbon dioxide levels throughout the northern hemisphere hit 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in human history in April, an ominous threshold for climate change, the World Meteorological Organization said on Monday >

May 20, 2014
Ralph Basilio: Unfinished Business
Dr. Ralph Basilio feels the full weight of the OCO-2 project on his shoulders. As Project Manager, he has ultimate responsibility for the success of the mission. After the launch failure of the first OCO satellite, which resulted in the loss of the... >

May 7, 2014
Study: Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Threaten Human Nutrition
Climate change is threatening human nutrition, according to experts, who say rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are robbing the global population of vital plant nutrients. That conclusion follows the release of the 2014 National Climate... >

May 6, 2014
First time in 800,000 years: April's CO2 levels above 400 ppm
Less than a year after scientists first warned that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could rise above 400 parts per million and stay there, it has finally happened. >

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