Daily observations from space for nearly 2 decades indicate that our planet is getting greener.
WINNERS AND LOSERS. In 1999, rain forests in central Africa and the Amazon produced more vegetation (green shades) in the early 1980s. Siberia and southern China, on the other hand, produced less greenery (red shades) in 1999. Science
Satellites gathered data from 1982 to 1999, measuring the amount of chlorophyll on Earth.
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