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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are collaborating on a major mission that will provide a better understanding of Earth and its events. The mission, called NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), aims to monitor Earth and gather information on climate change. It will help researchers determine how changes in forests and wetlands, known as terrestrial ecosystems, are impacting the global carbon cycle and influencing climate change.

NISAR is a joint mission of NASA and ISRO that will be deployed in Earth’s orbit. Its radar system will scan almost all land and ice surfaces of the planet every 12 days. The data collected by NISAR will assist researchers in understanding the processes of carbon capture and release in both terrestrial ecosystems, such as forests and wetlands.

The launch of the NISAR satellite is planned for the beginning of 2024. Once deployed, the mission will provide detailed observations of changes occurring in forests and wetlands at a global scale. Forests and wetlands play a crucial role in mitigating global climate change, regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

The data collected by NISAR will help improve our understanding of how these changes in forests and wetlands affect the carbon cycle and contribute to global warming. Scientists and the NISAR science team expect that this radar mission will provide crucial insights into Earth’s complex systems and allow for a more accurate assessment of the changing land and ice cover.

In addition to tracking changes in forests and wetlands, the NISAR mission will also provide valuable information about the dynamics of land motion, assisting researchers in understanding phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and subsidence. It will also monitor the activity and melting of glaciers and ice caps.

Overall, the NISAR mission is a significant step towards improving our understanding of Earth’s processes and climate change. It will provide researchers with valuable data to study the impact of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions and the role of terrestrial ecosystems in the global carbon cycle.

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