Satellite launches on mission to "weigh" the world's 1.5 trillion trees

Satellite launches on mission to "weigh" the world's 1.5 trillion trees

The European Space Agency's Biomass satellite is currently in orbit over the Amazon rainforest.

Biomass launched to count forest carbon

ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 29 April at 11:15 CEST (06:15 local time).

New Satellite Will Peer Through Clouds to 'Weigh' the Forests

The first satellite to weigh the Earth's forests to determine how much carbon is stored in trees is hours from takeoff at the European Space Agency's (ESA) Kour