Satellites observed widespread greening of Earth and increase of woody biomass

Chi Chen1, Taejin Park2, Ranga Myneni1, Liang Xu3, Sassan S Saatchi4, Yi Liu5 and Yuri Knyazikhin1, (1)Boston University, Earth and Environment, Boston, MA, United States, (2)Boston University, Earth and Environment, Boston, United States, (3)Carnegie Institute for Science, Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, United States, (4)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems/Earth Science, Pasadena, United States, (5)ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Systems Science & Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia