Submitted by ORNL DAAC Staff on 2019-09-11
Predicted spatially contiguous solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) across the United States for August 1 - 16, 2015. Areas of high SIF are in red, and areas of low SIF are in blue. Agricultural areas, like the U.S. Midwestern corn belt, often have a high rate of photosynthetic production which results in high SIF.
High-resolution, global, estimates of SIF based on data from the OCO-2 satellite serve as a proxy for rates of terrestrial photosynthesis.
Submitted by ORNL DAAC Staff on 2019-08-28
This photo from June 2016 shows the "extreme" growth of lake grass in a lake near the Tok Community, Alaska.
ABoVE researchers worked with rural communities to document environmental changes that affect access to subsistence resources.
Submitted by ORNL DAAC Staff on 2019-06-20
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) relies on pollinators for movement of its pollen, and evidence suggests that its populations are declining. Image courtesy of Pixabay.
Daymet daily surface weather and climatological summaries have been cited in nearly 300 peer-reviewed articles. Read about how this popular data product is used in research.
Submitted by ORNL DAAC Staff on 2019-06-04
Dr. Lucy Hutyra, Associate Professor of Earth & Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA
Dr. Lucy Hutyra uses NASA data to study the cycling of carbon, especially in urban environments.
Submitted by ORNL DAAC Staff on 2019-05-06
Heights of mangrove forests along the northern coast of Borneo (countries Brunei and Malaysia) reach 39 meters tall. Mangrove cover is illustrated in orange, where darker orange represents taller canopies.
Maps of the global distribution and biomass of mangrove forests are available for 116 countries.
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