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Satellite Data Reveals 15-Year Trends in Forest Carbon Storage Worldwide
GLOBAL, AUG 1 – Data from ESA's SMOS mission reveals long-term global forest carbon storage trends vital for tracking climate change impacts, with observations spanning 2011 to 2025.
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Satellite data reveals 15-year trends in forest carbon storage worldwide
Forests play a central role in the global carbon cycle as trees store carbon in their trunks, branches, roots and leaves. However, climate change and human activities can change the ability of forests to absorb carbon and the annual changes in these carbon stocks are highly variable in space and time around the globe. That's why having continuous observations of the evolution of forest biomass over a long period is important for monitoring this …
Forests play a central role in the global carbon cycle because trees store carbon in their trunks, branches, roots and leaves. However, climate change and human activities can change the capacity of forests to absorb carbon, and the annual changes in these carbon stocks vary greatly [...]
SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests
Data from ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission can be used to estimate how much carbon is stored in forests – and a study has improved our understanding of how reliable this proxy is and how long-term datasets from SMOS can help us to monitor this valuable resource.
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