{"id":186444,"date":"2025-03-15T00:52:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/nasa-data-supports-everglades-restoration\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T00:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:52:52","slug":"nasa-data-supports-everglades-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=186444","title":{"rendered":"NASA Data Supports Everglades Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 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display-flex flex-direction-column\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-y-9 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-3 z-400\">\n<div class=\"z-400 grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-7 z-400\">\n<div class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"label color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-2\">6 Min Read<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"heading-41 line-height-md color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNASA Data Supports Everglades Restoration\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><video class=\"hds-video-background\" alt=\"A video shot through the window of a small prop plane captures Florida\u2019s mangrove forests from above. Beyond the plane\u2019s wing, which frames the right side of the scene, a lush canopy speeds by. A small distributary snakes its way through the trees, bisecting the landscape. The video ends as the plane crosses the coastline and the view of the forest is replaced by the murky surface of the open ocean.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" autoplay=\"true\" loop=\"true\" muted=\"true\" playsinline=\"true\"><source src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/flight%20vdeo.mov\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"padding-y-3 padding-x-3\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0\"><figcaption class=\"hds-caption maxw-mobile desktop:padding-x-3\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0 color-carbon-30\">\n<div><figcaption>Mangroves blanket roughly 600 square miles of South Florida&#8217;s coastal terrain. This dense grove \u2014 one of the largest in the world \u2014 is the ecological backbone of the Everglades system.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This story is the second installment of a series on NASA\u2019s mission to measure greenhouse gases in Florida\u2019s mangrove ecosystem. Read the first part <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/nasa-researchers-study-coastal-wetlands-champions-of-carbon-capture\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/nasa-researchers-study-coastal-wetlands-champions-of-carbon-capture\/\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p>Along the southernmost rim of the Florida Peninsula, the arching prop roots of red mangroves line the coast. Where they dip below the water\u2019s surface, fish lay their eggs, using the protection from predators that the trees provide. Among their branches, wading birds like the great blue heron and the roseate spoonbill find rookeries to rear their young. The tangled matrix of roots collects organic matter and ocean-bound sediments, adding little by little to the coastline and shielding inland biology from the erosive force of the sea.<\/p>\n<p>In these ways, mangroves are equal parts products and engineers of their environment. But their ecological value extends far beyond the coastline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tropical wetlands absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere with impressive efficiency. Current estimates suggest they sequester carbon dioxide 10 times faster and store up to five times more carbon than old-growth forests. But as part of the ever-changing line between land and sea, coastal wetlands are vulnerable to disturbances like sea level rise, hurricanes, and changes in ocean salinity. As these threats intensify, Florida\u2019s wetlands \u2014\u00a0and their role as a critical sink for carbon dioxide \u2014 face an uncertain future.<\/p>\n<p>A new data product developed by NASA-funded researchers will help monitor from space the changing relationship between coastal wetlands and atmospheric carbon. It will deliver daily measurements of gaseous flux \u2014 the rate at which gas is exchanged between the planet\u2019s surface and atmosphere. The goal is to improve local and global estimates of carbon dioxide levels and help stakeholders evaluate wetland restoration efforts.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NASA measures carbon dioxide from ground, air and space<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo-4.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo-4.jpg?w=1440\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Blueflux Photo 4\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo-4.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo-4.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo-4.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo-4.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo-4.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo-4.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo-4.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo-4.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">At SRS-6, an eddy covariance tower measures carbon dioxide and methane flux among a dense grove of red, black, and white mangroves. (The term eddy covariance refers to the statistical technique used to calculate gaseous flux based on the meteorological and scalar atmospheric data collected by the flux towers.) <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA \/ Nathan Marder<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the Everglades, flux measurements have historically relied on data from a handful of \u201cflux towers.\u201d The first of these towers was erected in June 2003, not far from the edge of Shark River at a research site known as SRS-6. A short walk from the riverbank,\u00a0across a snaking path of rain-weathered, wooden planks, sits a small platform where the tower is anchored to the forest floor. Nearly 65 feet above the platform, a suite of instruments continuously measures wind velocity, temperature, humidity, and\u00a0concentrations of atmospheric gases. These measurements are used to quantify the amount of carbon dioxide that wetland vegetation removes from the atmosphere \u2014\u00a0and the amount of methane released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHundreds of research papers have come from this site,\u201d said David Lagomasino, a professor of coastal ecology at East Carolina University. The abundance of research born from SRS-6 underscores its scientific value. But the BlueFlux campaign is committed to detailing flux across a much larger area \u2014 to fill in the gaps between the towers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture3.png?w=1430&#038;h=1121&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1430\" height=\"1121\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture3.png?w=1430&#038;h=1121&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A map of South Florida identifying primary BlueFlux fieldwork locations. Those locations include two on Shark River and one near the Flamingo Visitors Center.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 54% 41%; object-position: 54% 41%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture3.png?w=1430&#038;h=1121&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1430w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture3.png?w=300&#038;h=235&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture3.png?w=768&#038;h=602&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture3.png?w=1024&#038;h=803&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture3.png?w=400&#038;h=314&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture3.png?w=600&#038;h=470&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture3.png?w=900&#038;h=706&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture3.png?w=1200&#038;h=941&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A true-color image of South Florida captured by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA\u2019s Terra satellite. The area of Earth\u2019s surface that the instrument\u2019s sensors can \u201csee\u201d at one time \u2014 its swath \u2014 has a width of roughly 1,448 miles. Areas where primary BlueFlux fieldwork deployments occurred are marked with red triangles.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/ Nathan Marder<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Part of NASA\u2019s new greenhouse-gas product is a machine-learning model that estimates gaseous flux using observations made by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on NASA\u2019s Aqua and Terra satellites. The MODIS instruments capture images and data of South Florida every one to two days, measuring the wavelength of sunlight reflected by the planet\u2019s surface to produce a dataset called surface spectral reflectance.<\/p>\n<p>Different surfaces \u2014 like water, vegetation, sand, or decaying organic matter \u2014\u00a0reflect different wavelengths of light. With the help of some advanced statistical algorithms, modelers can use these measurements to generate a grid of real-time flux data.<\/p>\n<p>To help ensure the satellite-based model is making accurate predictions, researchers compare its outputs to measurements made on the ground. But with only a handful of flux towers in the region, ground-based flux data can be hard to come by.<\/p>\n<p>To augment existing datasets, NASA researchers use a relatively new airborne technique for measuring flux. Since April 2022, NASA\u2019s airborne science team has conducted 34 flights equipped with a payload known colloquially as \u201cCARAFE,\u201d short for the CARbon Airborne Flux Experiment. The CARAFE instrument measures concentrations of methane, carbon dioxide, and water vapor, generating readings that researchers combine with information about the plane\u2019s speed and orientation to estimate rates of gaseous flux at fixed points along each flight\u2019s path.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the first times an instrument like this has flown over a mangrove forest anywhere in the world,\u201d said Lola Fatoyinbo, a forest ecologist at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. <\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture5.jpg?w=1430&#038;h=948&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1430\" height=\"948\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture5.jpg?w=1430&#038;h=948&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A computer screen displays live readings of carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor concentrations. Scientists monitor readings from inside the Gulfstream\u2019s small cabin.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture5.jpg?w=1430&#038;h=948&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1430w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture5.jpg?w=300&#038;h=199&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture5.jpg?w=768&#038;h=509&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture5.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=679&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture5.jpg?w=400&#038;h=265&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture5.jpg?w=600&#038;h=398&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture5.jpg?w=900&#038;h=597&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/articles\/2025\/Picture5.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=796&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Erin Delaria, a research scientist at the University of Maryland, monitors live, in-flight readings made by the CARbon Airborne Flux Experiment (CARAFE), the instrument package responsible for measuring atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor concentrations above the wetland landscape. These data \u2014 along with information like the plane\u2019s speed, flight path, and humidity levels \u2014 allow researchers to calculate flux at fixed points along the flight\u2019s path.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/ Nathan Marder<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Early findings from space-based flux data confirm that, in addition to acting as a sink of carbon dioxide, tropical wetlands are a significant source of methane \u2014 a greenhouse gas that traps heat roughly 80 times more efficiently than carbon dioxide. In fact, researchers estimate that Florida\u2019s entire wetland expanse produces enough methane to offset the benefits of wetland carbon removal by about 5%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are also significant differences in fluxes between healthy mangroves and degraded ones,\u201d Fatoyinbo said. In areas where mangrove forests are suffering, say after a major hurricane, \u201cyou end up with more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.\u201d As wetland ecology responds to intensifying natural and human pressures, the data product will help researchers precisely monitor the impact of ecological changes on global carbon dioxide and methane levels.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018We need this reliable science\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Everglades today are roughly half their original size \u2014 primarily the result of a century\u2019s worth of uninterrupted land development and wetland drainage projects. It\u2019s difficult to quantify the impact of wetland losses at this scale. Florida\u2019s tropical wetlands aren\u2019t just an important reminder of the beauty and richness of the state\u2019s natural history. They\u2019re also a critical reservoir of atmospheric carbon and a source of drinking water for millions of South Florida residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know how valuable the wetlands are, but we need this reliable science to help translate their benefits into something that can reach people and policymakers,\u201d said Steve Davis, chief science officer for the Everglades Foundation, a non-profit organization in Miami-Dade County that provides scientific research and advocacy in an effort to protect and restore the Everglades.<\/p>\n<p>As new policies and infrastructure are designed to support Everglades restoration, researchers hope NASA\u2019s daily flux product will help local officials evaluate their restoration efforts in real time \u2014\u00a0and adjust the course as needed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p><em>The prototype of the product, called Daily Flux Predictions for South Florida, is slated for release this year and will be available  through <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthdata.nasa.gov\/eosdis\/daacs\/ornl\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>NASA\u2019s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC)<\/em><\/a><em><u>.<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:nathan.marder@nasa.gov\"><strong>Nathan Marder<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-about-the-author nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-6 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-about-the-author\">\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-x-0 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black padding-top-3\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n<h3 class=\"heading-14\">About the Author<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container padding-x-0 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