A lone man walks across an expanse of ice; a mottled tundra; desert badlands. The single human figure becomes a focal point ...

The Biomass satellite will measure the trunks, branches and stems of the trees that populate the planet's forests. ESA says ...

From boreal forests near the Arctic Circle to dense tropical jungles south of the Equator, Earth’s last primary forests — ...

A 410-million-year-old fossil shows ancient lichens were shaping Earth’s surface long before forests took root.

Just two months after its launch, the European Space Agency (ESA) Biomass satellite is already showing us Earth in a whole new light. On June 23 the ESA released the mission’s first images, which ...

Instead of focusing on rapid cuts to fossil fuel use, many countries are leaning on forests and farmland to balance their emissions on paper.

Forests occupy one third of the total land area of the Earth and hold around 80 per cent of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. It is estimated that nearly one third of the global population depends ...

Earth's forests play a critical role in keeping our planet habitable. Often called the "lungs of the Earth," forests cover nearly one-third of the planet and absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide from ...