The Biomass mission will use a long-forbidden part of the radio spectrum to see how much carbon forests capture.

The new European mission to monitor Earth's forests in three dimensions has taken off. Departing right on time at 11:15 and 52 seconds Italian time, the Vega C rocket carrying Biomass, the ...

Earth's forests play a critical role in keeping our planet habitable. Often called the "lungs of the Earth," forests cover nearly one-third of the planet and absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide from ...

A satellite developed by British academics and engineers is set to become the first in the world to measure the condition of the Earth's forests in 3D ...

PHOTOS PROVIDED Second graders at Pleasant Gap Elementary have been working on an ecosystems science unit and recently ...

The Biomass satellite is designed to measure carbon stocks in tropical forests, helping scientists to understand how they ...

The satellite will create a 3D map of tropical forests after 17 months, then new (non-3D) maps every 9 months for the rest of the 5-year mission, providing insights normally hidden from human sight ...

Conceived by University of Sheffield academic Professor Shaun Quegan, the satellite will create a 3D map of tropical forests after 17 months, then new maps every 9 months for the rest of the 5 ...