Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is the most important man-made greenhouse gas, mostly because of the combustion of fossil fuels.
Although the atmospheric concentration seems small–less than 0,05%–the rise of CO₂ has a major effect on the Earth’s climate, including global warming and the increase of extreme weather events. SRON plays a key role in the implementation and data exploitation of CO₂ monitoring missions. We support ESA and EUMETSAT with the implementation of the CO2M mission and we develop the Tango mission together with our Dutch partners ISIS Space, TNO, and KNMI.
