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An eye on the world's forests

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Deccan Chronicle

Publication Date
2013-05-14

A satellite that can ‘weigh’ the earth’s forests has just been given the go-ahead by the European Space Agency. Biomass, as it will be known, is expected to launch in 2020. The spacecraft will carry a novel radar system that is able to sense the trunks and big branches of trees from orbit.

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