Our Breathing Planet

Season 1 Episode 3

A NASA animation showing how the planet seasonally ‘breathes’.

Satellite footage from NASA has revealed how the planet breathes in annual pulses in time with the seasons. And surprisingly the breathing isn’t driven by the tropical forests as would be expected; it’s the great northern forests that are the real lungs. Video courtesy of NASA, graphic ©NASA/JPL-Caltech.

AIR DATE 2/4/15

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