1 00:00:00,066 --> 00:00:01,166 The PACE mission just 2 00:00:01,166 --> 00:00:01,866 released one 3 00:00:01,866 --> 00:00:03,033 full year of 4 00:00:03,033 --> 00:00:04,033 global changes in 5 00:00:04,033 --> 00:00:05,133 land vegetation. 6 00:00:05,133 --> 00:00:06,666 PACE is hyperspectral, 7 00:00:06,666 --> 00:00:07,666 meaning it can detect 8 00:00:07,666 --> 00:00:08,733 lots of colors. 9 00:00:08,733 --> 00:00:10,433 Not just pigment in plankton, 10 00:00:10,433 --> 00:00:11,366 but in plants, 11 00:00:11,366 --> 00:00:12,366 land or sea 12 00:00:12,366 --> 00:00:12,933 across the globe. 13 00:00:12,933 --> 00:00:13,500 Well, 14 00:00:13,500 --> 00:00:15,433 yew asked fir it, 15 00:00:15,433 --> 00:00:17,400 back by poplar demand, 16 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:18,633 it's NASA Puns: 17 00:00:18,633 --> 00:00:19,700 Tree Edition. 18 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:21,633 Let me branch out 19 00:00:21,633 --> 00:00:23,366 and ash you something: 20 00:00:23,366 --> 00:00:24,966 If you wood study 21 00:00:24,966 --> 00:00:26,333 all the plants on Earth, 22 00:00:26,333 --> 00:00:27,433 how would you do it? 23 00:00:27,433 --> 00:00:28,700 Now, before you go and 24 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:30,266 birches your gear, 25 00:00:30,266 --> 00:00:31,566 I've got something to tell you: 26 00:00:31,566 --> 00:00:32,900 PACE beech you to it. 27 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:34,666 PACE walnut be outdone 28 00:00:34,666 --> 00:00:36,366 when it comes to plant pigments. 29 00:00:36,366 --> 00:00:37,733 Pigments are substances 30 00:00:37,733 --> 00:00:38,600 in leaves 31 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:39,500 that absorb and reflect 32 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:39,933 light to 33 00:00:39,933 --> 00:00:41,533 power photosynthesis. 34 00:00:41,533 --> 00:00:42,466 You may already know 35 00:00:42,466 --> 00:00:43,533 the green pigment 36 00:00:43,533 --> 00:00:44,233 chlorophyll. 37 00:00:44,233 --> 00:00:44,700 Look, 38 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:46,233 olive chlorophyll, 39 00:00:46,366 --> 00:00:47,800 and satellites in the past 40 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:48,966 were great at detecting 41 00:00:48,966 --> 00:00:49,966 chlorophyll in leaves, 42 00:00:49,966 --> 00:00:50,866 which told us things 43 00:00:50,866 --> 00:00:52,333 about plants’ productivity, 44 00:00:52,333 --> 00:00:53,933 but the color spectrum 45 00:00:53,933 --> 00:00:55,300 chestnut larch 46 00:00:55,300 --> 00:00:56,200 enough to 47 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:57,200 cedar changes 48 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,066 due to things like 49 00:00:59,066 --> 00:01:00,666 bugs and drought. 50 00:01:00,666 --> 00:01:02,266 [hill barreling sounds] 51 00:01:03,433 --> 00:01:04,333 So 52 00:01:04,333 --> 00:01:05,200 PACE has 53 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:06,466 spruced up our remote 54 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:07,833 sensing toolkit, 55 00:01:07,833 --> 00:01:09,266 and is going to dig deeper 56 00:01:09,266 --> 00:01:10,033 into the root 57 00:01:10,033 --> 00:01:10,833 of the problem. 58 00:01:10,833 --> 00:01:12,266 As we collect more info 59 00:01:12,266 --> 00:01:13,066 over time, 60 00:01:13,066 --> 00:01:14,200 PACE maple 61 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:15,366 more foresters and 62 00:01:15,366 --> 00:01:16,433 farmers in to look at 63 00:01:16,433 --> 00:01:17,366 data in their region. 64 00:01:17,366 --> 00:01:18,933 Vegetation investigation 65 00:01:18,933 --> 00:01:20,700 willow a lot to PACE. 66 00:01:20,933 --> 00:01:21,900 I can hardly 67 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:23,700 cypress my excitement. 68 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:24,666 Oak-ay, 69 00:01:24,666 --> 00:01:25,266 if you're 70 00:01:25,266 --> 00:01:26,533 pining for more, 71 00:01:26,533 --> 00:01:27,600 join me next time. 72 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:28,566 Unless you're 73 00:01:28,566 --> 00:01:30,066 sycamore puns. 74 00:01:34,133 --> 00:01:35,233 Now I know what you're thinking. 75 00:01:35,233 --> 00:01:36,033 What's a satellite 76 00:01:36,033 --> 00:01:37,666 with an ocean color instrument 77 00:01:37,666 --> 00:01:40,666 doing looking at land? 78 00:01:46,300 --> 00:01:48,933 Unless you're sycamore puns, that is.