We selected proposals for two new instruments that will observe changes in global vegetation from the International Space Station. The sensors will give scientists new ways to see how forests and ecosystems are affected by changes in climate or land use change.
This image of the Amazon rainforest is from a 2010 global map of the height of the world’s forests based on multiple satellite datasets.
Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
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