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Tracking Tropical Cyclone Errol
Errol was a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean Friday evening Australian Western Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center ...
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Satellite image analysis delivers new insight into the functional diversity of tropical forests
Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits ...
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A New Satellite Will Map the Carbon Content of Rainforests From Space, and It’s Set to Launch This Month
The European Space Agency’s new probe, Biomass, will spend five years orbiting the planet and gathering radar imagery of ...
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Weather satellite operational, completes fleet to forecast severe storms on Earth
GOES-19 satellite replaces GOES-16 to cover the GOES ... will track hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean. It will also monitor severe weather, atmospheric rivers, wildfires ...
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British satellite to be first to map Earth’s forests in 3D
The Biomass satellite will launch from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Since 2016, the UK has won almost 91 ...
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UK launches world’s first 3D forest mapping satellite to help fight climate change
A British-made satellite is expected to launch on April 29, which will help in the global fight against climate change ...
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Sheffield-conceived satellite to map Earth’s forest in 3D for the first time to help combat climate change
A satellite conceived at the University of Sheffield and developed by British academics and engineers is set to become the ...
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British satellite to map Earth’s forests from space in world first
A satellite developed by British engineers will be deployed to investigate the impact of climate change on forest ecosystems ...