Monitoring the Lungs of the World from Space was presented at COP26 on 6 November 2021. The role of forests and trees is vital because of their moderating influence globally on carbon, their impact nationally for carbon accounting and locally for people’s livelihoods. This event showcased examples of greenhouse gas removal through forests/trees, to achieve […]
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By Jasdeep Anand If you live in an urban area, you may find that many local trees exhibit some worrying dark spots on their leaves: Ash leaf showing signs of ozone damage. The dark spots indicate regions where the cells are permanently damaged and are no longer capable of photosynthesis. Source: https://icpvegetation.ceh.ac.uk/get-involved/ozone-injury/about/examples-trees In many ways,
By Hannah M. Berman Four ambitious goals have been set for this year’s COP26, with the ‘race’ to net-zero being at the forefront of the conference. This can be achieved through setting emissions reduction targets to keep global warming from reaching higher than 1.5℃. However, how do scientists and policy makers know how to set
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By Cristina Ruiz Villena As the climate crisis deepens, its devastating effects are now more evident than ever. Extreme weather events such as floods and heat waves are stronger and more frequent, and the world is finally waking up to the reality of climate change, which was long overdue. It’s time for action, so keep
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NCEO / Kings College London Fires release heat, and some of that heat is in the form of infrared energy that can be picked up even hundreds or thousands of km away by remote sensing instruments operating onboard Earth orbiting satellites. This method of fire detection can be used to identify the location of landscape
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NCEO / University College London New measurements of trees and forests to improve global observations for climate and carbon studies have been developed by Professor Mathias Disney and the UCL-NCEO team. They have designed a new approach to making 3D measurements of trees and forests to improve estimates of forest carbon stocks and validate new
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NCEO / Centre of Landscape and Climate Research (CLCR) / University of Leicester Climate Research (CLCR) and NCEO Scientists at the University of Leicester have developed a near-real-time, forest-cover change, early-warning system. It integrates cloud computing, mobile technology and community participation to provide a more robust forest monitoring system for Kenya. The Forest Alert System
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