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LIDAR Map Shows Height of Earth's Forests

Posted by Unknown on from the for-tax-purposes dept.

Hkibtimes writes about a recently released map of the Earth's forests. From the article: "A group of scientists from NASA and the University of Maryland have created a unique map that shows the heights of the Earth's forests. The map ... has been created using 2.5 million carefully screened and globally distributed laser pulse measurements sent from space."

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  1. What happened to New Zealand? by Kittenman · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My whole country seems to have been missed (you insensitive clods!). And we're pretty much all forest down here....

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