Earth from Space: French Guiana

On Tuesday, Biomass will launch a new Earth observation satellite from the Esa into space. It measures the density of the forests and thus helps with climate calculations

How much carbon is there in our forests – and how strongly do they change due to deforestation, climate change or reforestation? Answers to these questions will soon be provided by a satellite from space – looking deep into the green heart of our planet. The article The forest under the microscope: What the satellite "Biomass" makes visible first appeared on ingenieur.de - Job market and news portal for engineers.

A new satellite is about to launch – and with it a small revolution in The post The world's forests on the scales – research satellite measures global biomass first appeared on Nordisch.info.

Earth from Space: French Guiana

Image: Copernicus Sentinel-1 captured this radar image over French Guiana – home to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, where ESA’s Biomass mission is being prepared for liftoff on 29 April onboard a Vega-C rocket.

They are the green lungs of the Earth and store greenhouse gases. Some facts are unclear about the forests on our planet. This is what the Esa wants to change.Dryness, climate change and pests make domestic forests to create. elsewhere large areas are being cleared.The European Space Agency Esa wants to bring the Earth observation satellite "Biomass" from the space station Kourou with a Vega-C launcher into space on Tuesday to better understand …

Forests will be the target of the new European Space Agency (ESA) mission with the launch next week of Biomass, which will provide data on their status and evolution, to improve knowledge about their role in the carbon cycle. Biomass entry, the European satellite to study forests and their role in the carbon cycle was first published in the Digital Process.