{"id":81080,"date":"2013-05-07T19:59:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T11:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/esa-selects-forest-mapping-satellite-for-earth-explorer-project\/"},"modified":"2013-05-07T19:59:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T11:59:27","slug":"esa-selects-forest-mapping-satellite-for-earth-explorer-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/esa-selects-forest-mapping-satellite-for-earth-explorer-project\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA Selects Forest-Mapping Satellite for Earth Explorer Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: European Space Agency, Scientific Satellite, Scientific Research<br \/>\nPublication: Phys.org<br \/>\nPublication Date: 05\/07\/2013<\/p>\n<table width=\"150\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" cellpadding=\"6\" cellspacing=\"2\" margin=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"180\" hspace=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/Biomass_measuring_concept_node_full_image.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<i>Biomass measuring concept.<\/i><br \/>\nImage credit: ESA\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The <strong>European Space Agency (ESA)<\/strong> has selected its seventh mission for Europe\u2019s Earth Explorer project. The Biomass satellite will use advanced radar technology to map and monitor living matter (plants an animals) as well as inorganic carbon contained throughout the world\u2019s forests. <\/p>\n<p>According to ESA, the information collected by the satellite will help scientists \u201cunderstand the role of forests in Earth\u2019s carbon cycle and climate change.\u201d Biomass is expected to launch in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>The Earth Explorer project is aimed at better understanding the changes Earth is undergoing including the effects of global warming and population growth. Missions currently in orbit are providing data on the cryosphere (parts of the Earth\u2019s surface where water is frozen), gravity, soil moisture, and ocean salinity. Future missions that have already been approved will study the Earth\u2019s magnetic field, wind and radiation.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" align=\"absMiddle\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/FullStoryArrow.png\">&nbsp;Full story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: European Space Agency, Scientific Satellite, Scientific Research Publication: Phys.org Publication Date: 05\/07\/2013 Biomass measuring concept. Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected its seventh mission for Europe\u2019s Earth Explorer project. The Biomass satellite will use advanced radar technology to map and monitor living matter (plants an animals) as well as inorganic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}