Satellite mapping reveals tropical tree cover losses underestimated by 17%, highlighting gaps in global tracking

Satellite mapping reveals tropical tree cover losses underestimated by 17%, highlighting gaps in global tracking

A new study published in Nature Communications has found that 17.31% of tropical tree cover—an area spanning 395.9 million hectares (Mha)—has been consistently overlooked by global forest monitoring systems, exposing significant gaps in efforts to track deforestation and ecological degradation.

Dutch TANGO satellites will map global greenhouse gas emissions

Two satellites developed in the Netherlands will soon map global greenhouse gas emissions. By collecting and sharing information about greenhouse gases, everyone will know who is and isn’t complying with the Paris Climate Agreement. The launch was initially planned for 2027, but has been postponed to 2028. The two agile satellites are known as the ‘Twin Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Observers’, or Tango. They will orbit the Earth in close success…