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MIT Technology Review7d
The world’s biggest space-based radar will measure Earth’s forests from orbit
The Biomass mission will use a long-forbidden part of the radio spectrum to see how much carbon forests capture.
Smithsonian Magazine14d
A New Satellite Will Map the Carbon Content of Rainforests From Space, and It’s Set to Launch This Month
The European Space Agency’s new probe, Biomass, will spend five years orbiting the planet and gathering radar imagery of ...
Space probe to assess health of forests from Earth's orbit
ESA/M.PedoussautThis space probe will soon be sent into orbit to help scientists uncover the health of our world’s densest rainforests.:: ESA/ATG Media LabAttached to the European Space Agency's ...
Earth.com3d
Laser technology measures forest canopy height from space
NASA laser data reveals how climate change is reducing tropical forest canopy height, with dry seasons driving major changes.