A New Guardian: the Biomass Satellite Monitors the World’s Forests

In order to provide unprecedented information on the planet’s forests and its key role in the Earth’s carbon cycle, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the innovative Biomass satellite from the European Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana in late April. The latest update indicates that it will be in January 2026 when the scientific community will begin to receive the first open data generated by this mission. Forests cover about one third o…