Remote Sensing

Forest maps of the future with Airbus’ Biomass

The Engineer: Amongst the tools we now have at our disposal to help us reduce carbon emissions, one vital, natural instrument has been helping us to fight the battle all along: our global rainforests. Thought to absorb around a third of…

Satellites Could Help Track if Nations Keep Their Carbon Pledges

New York Times: Under the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming, nations must measure and report progress toward their pledged reductions in emissions. They regularly submit greenhouse gas inventories, detailing emission sources as well as removals, or sinks, of the gases…

To save forests, researchers are hooking trees up to Twitter

The Conversation: In July 2018, a century-old red oak went live on Twitter. The account @awitnesstree, tweeting from the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts, introduces itself in its bio: Witnessing life as a tree in a changing environment for more than…