Aquatic macroinvertebrates (AMI) play an important role in the ecology of wetlands, either by their job as regulators of the cycles of matter, as for their energy storage function represented in their ...

That's about that change. On Tuesday, the European Space Agency (ESA) put its Biomass satellite into orbit. Biomass is carrying the first P-band synthetic aperture radar in space. You can think of ...

ESA's Biomass is the first satellite to carry a P-band synthetic aperture radar. Thanks to the long wavelength of P-band, around 70 cm, this novel radar is able to penetrate through the forest ...

Cerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds ...

The Biomass satellite is designed to measure carbon stocks in tropical forests, helping scientists to understand how they work and how they are changing. The European Space Agency (ESA ...

A Vega C lifts off April 29 carrying ESA's Biomass satellite. Credit: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique vidéo du CSG–S. Martin WASHINGTON — A Vega C rocket successfully launched an Earth science ...

A satellite with a 40-foot extendable antenna has launched into space with a giant mission: to map all of the world’s forests — ecosystems that are crucial for absorbing carbon and slowing ...

Biomass, a flagship satellite developed in the UK for the European Space Agency, is set to become the first in the world to measure, in 3D, the condition of the Earth’s forests from space.

Illustration of Biomass in orbit with its mesh reflector deployed. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO The European Space Agency (ESA) launched a satellite on Tuesday that will "weigh" Earth ...

As global climate change intensifies, reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainable development have become crucial ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched its pioneering Biomass satellite into space as part of its major breakthrough for climate science and environmental monitoring. This is the start of a ...