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Global Forest Heights: Take Two
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Published April 13, 2012
A high-resolution map offers a global view of forest canopy heights.
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Total Biomass Carbon Uncertainty
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Published January 6, 2012
Almost as important as knowledge of the amount of biomass in an area is information about the uncertainty of the data.
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Total Carbon Biomass
This map shows total carbon stored in biomass in parts of Asia and Oceania.
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Forest Canopy Height
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Using a combination of NASA satellite images and laser data, scientists have produced a first-of-its-kind map that details the height of the world’s forests.
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Fast-Flowing Glaciers Thin Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
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Published October 3, 2009
To understand how fast-moving glaciers are changing the ice sheets, scientists devised a method to map elevation change using data from ICESat.