While unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been used in forests over the past several years, basic questions about their efficacy in forest management have gone unanswered until now. A team led ...

ESA's Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world's forests and their crucial role in Earth's carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off aboard a Vega-C ...

A U.S. Forest Service attorney on Monday admitted in federal court that the agency has at times violated the Clean Water Act of 1972 through aerial deployment of fire retardant while fighting ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A new map that relies on satellite data to show the varying height of forests around the world is one step in a campaign to improve climate models by offering scientists information on ...

Something different is “growing” in the Harvard Forest in central Massachusetts. Researchers and their instruments have spread throughout the forest in an effort to check the accuracy of land maps ...

It’s important to have accurate information on an area’s forest extent in order to properly protect forests and evaluate natural resources, conservation practices and environmental policies. But one ...

Rabat - Morocco's Royal Armed Forces (FAR) lead the aerial forest fire response by deploying their full range of firefighting assets. The force deploys a fleet of eight Canadair CL-415 aircraft ...