Gércio Baloi
Earth Looks Like an Alien Planet When We Watch It Breathe What looks like a dying alien world is actually Earth, visualized through satellite observations of global photosynthesis. The red regions represent areas where vegetation is actively absorbing carbon dioxide and carrying out photosynthesis across the planet. Satellites such as NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) and Japan’s GOSAT can study vegetation activity using measurements including solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SI
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