Lightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) ...

As the new Biomass satellite settles into life in orbit following its launch on April 29, ESA has released its most extensive satellite-based maps of above-ground forest carbon to date. Spanning ...

Though effective, traditional ground-based methods for estimating forest aboveground biomass are labor-intensive, time-consuming and limited in spatial coverage abilities, Zurqani said.

A perennial battle in Congress over the environmental effects of burning wood for energy has tipped again toward the biomass industry. The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill declares forest ...

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 ...

Mapping forest biomass from space is a huge technical challenge, says ESA. They are complex structures – and different tree species and dense canopies make them difficult to measure, notes the ...

Annual forest re-growth may absorb a small portion of the stored carbon lost due to 400,000 tons of biomass burned, but that 100,000-hectare forest, no matter how well managed, is incapable of ...

Banner image: Dutch forest advocates Maarten Visschers (left) and Fenna Swart protest the burning of forest biomass for energy outside Vattenfall’s headquarters in Amsterdam in 2021.

Forest fires remain a devastating phenomenon in the tropics that not only affect forest structure and biodiversity, but also contribute significantly to atmospheric CO₂. Fire used to be extremely rare ...