GEDI Stories
NASA Teams with Forest Service to Tally America’s Oldest Trees
The White House has called for an inventory of our eldest forests. A space instrument is helping scientists chronicle these trees as a changing climate threatens their future.
NASA Releases Breakthrough Forest Biomass-Carbon Product
NASA’s GEDI mission has reached a major milestone with the release of its newest data product, which provides the first near-global estimate of aboveground forest biomass and the carbon it stores – filling a key gap in climate research. The…
First Data from NASA’s OCO-3 Mission: ‘CO2, I See You’
From its perch on the International Space Station, NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) is gathering its very first carbon dioxide data. It's also measuring plant "glow."
May the forest be with you: GEDI moves toward launch to space station
A first-of-its-kind laser instrument designed to map the world's forests in 3D is moving toward an earlier launch to the International Space Station than previously expected.
New NASA probe will study Earth’s forests in 3D
A laser-based instrument being developed for the International Space Station will provide a unique 3D view of Earth’s forests, helping to fill in missing information about their role in the carbon cycle.