Measuring biodiversity from space
NASA scientists use satellites to map the vegetation index, which is the greenness of all of the land on Earth. Dark green areas indicate a lot of green leaf growth; light greens show where there was some green leaf growth; and tan areas show little or no growth. Black means no data. Credit: NASA
May 13, 2021
Written by Kristen Kusek, Communications Director for USF CMS
Scientists have warned us for years that we could be entering the sixth mass extinction event in planetary history – this time, caused by human activities. Escalating biodiversity loss threatens valuable ecosystem services and human well-being, from agriculture