New satellite will weigh the world’s forests (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

New satellite will weigh the world’s forests

Caption

The European Space Agency’s Biomass satellite is the first satellite equipped with a radar that can penetrate the forest canopy to map entire trees. This will allow scientists to determine how much biomass Earth’s forests actually contain.

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SA/ATG Medialab

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