GEDI

Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation

active Mission

GEDI will help determine how deforestation has contributed to atmospheric CO2 concentrations, how much carbon forests will absorb in the future, and how habitat degradation will affect global biodiversity.

Type

Instrument

Launch

Dec. 5, 2018

Target

Earth

Objective

Determine how deforestation has contributed to atmospheric CO2 concentrations

GEDI Stories

Explore All Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Stories

Article

7 min read

NASA Teams with Forest Service to Tally America’s Oldest Trees

Article

5 min read

NASA Releases Breakthrough Forest Biomass-Carbon Product

Preliminary carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements from OCO-3 over the United States. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

3 min read

First Data from NASA’s OCO-3 Mission: ‘CO2, I See You’

Article5 years ago

4 min read

May the forest be with you: GEDI moves toward launch to space station

Article6 years ago

The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation lidar will reveal the 3D architecture of forests, as depicted in this artist’s concept. The unprecedented detail of these measurements will provide crucial information about the impact that trees have on the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

5 min read

New NASA probe will study Earth’s forests in 3D

Article10 years ago

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