“…In early 2023, [GEDI] is set to be jettisoned into Earth’s atmosphere, where it will burn up unless NASA approves a plan to extend its tenure. Researchers and some U.S. Congress members are now lobbying NASA to give the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation instrument a second life so it can finish measuring the world’s tropical and temperate forests.”

Read the full article highlighting local, regional, and global support for the extension of GEDI here.

Author: Gabriel Popkin for Science Magazine