NASA is honing new carbon dioxide measurement techniques and technologies from onboard its DC-8 aircraft during the Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days and Seasons (ASCENDS) mission.
ASCENDS
Scientists from NASA's Langley Research Center are in California testing new methods for measuring carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere.
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