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Mongabay (mongabay@mastodon.green)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 23:39:47 JST Mongabay

NASA’s GEDI mission, which maps the Earth’s forests in 3D using lasers, is back in operation from a hiatus, six months earlier than expected.
Since 2018, GEDI has used spaceborne laser altimeters to help scientists gather data on forest structure, aboveground biomass and carbon stored in forests.
by Abhishyant Kidangoor
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/space-mission-that-maps-forests-in-3d-makes-an-early-comeback/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Forests #Carbon
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1. Space mission that maps forests in 3D makes an early comeback
  
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  Call it the force’s doing, but it has been surprises galore for the GEDI mission. In early 2023, the lidar mission that maps the Earth’s forests in 3D was to be burned up in the atmosphere to make way for another unrelated mission on the International Space Station. A last-minute decision by NASA saved its […]

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