Satellite portrait of global plant growth will aid climate research   This animation based on GLOBCARBON data shows changes in worldwide leaf area index (LAI) from 1999 to the end of 2002.   ESA's ten-instrument Envisat environmental satellite has been observing the Earth for more than three years. Picture by EADS Astrium. Researchers seeking to follow the carbon     This animation based on GLOBCARBON data products shows worldwide burnt area estimates (BAE) from 1999 to 2002.   Forest fires pump large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and require better characterisation within carbon cycle models. Release date: 27 January 2006