The ESA launched Biomass aboard a Vega-C rocket earlier this week. The launch vehicle blasted off from Kourou in French ...

Earth's forests play a critical role in keeping our planet habitable. Often called the "lungs of the Earth," forests cover ...

The satellite, named Biomass, launched with a rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, New Guinea, and separated from the ...

A first-of-its-kind satellite due to launch on Tuesday will be able to see through clouds and leafy canopies to assess how ...

Weighing' the planet's forests will help scientists understand just how much vegetation plays a role in Earth's natural ...

The European Space Agency's Biomass satellite will orbit Earth to assess how the world's rainforests are protecting the ...

When Biomass begins its work, the earth observation satellite will provide the most accurate overview of the biomass of all ...

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

The Biomass satellite, from the European Space Agency, will "weigh" the Earth's forests, revealing how much planet-warming carbon is being stored within trees and therefore kept out of the atmosphere.

The European Space Agency’s Biomass satellite, the first of its kind, is designed to peer through clouds and dense forest ...