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Forests have been benefiting humanity since long before the health benefits of forest bathing were discovered. They are major carbon sinks that provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --A special telescope called "GEDI" is packed for lift-off next month. Its mission, according to chief scientific researcher Dr. Ralph Dubayah with the University of Maryland: "It's ...

Rick Koval loops a measuring tape around a tree trunk and looks at the result. “Eleven feet, four inches,” he said while standing in a field owned by Robert Foose in Black Creek Township. “This is the ...

Laser technology has been used to measure the volume and biomass of giant Californian redwood trees for the first time, records a new study. Laser technology has been used to measure the volume and ...

From rainforests to croplands, boreal forests to mangroves, NASA will take a new look at terrestrial vegetation across our living planet over the next two years with several unique instruments in ...

Scientists have created the first global map of forest height using satellite data. The map will improve estimates of how much carbon is stored in Earth’s trees and how much carbon dioxide they absorb ...