Counting Giants from Space: NASA and Forest Service Join Forces to Catalog America's Ancient Trees 🌳

A monumental collaboration is underway as NASA teams up with the Forest Service to embark on an extraordinary mission: tallying America's oldest and most venerable trees. 🌲🚀

Championed by the White House, this endeavor calls upon the custodians of U.S. public lands, including the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, to compile the nation's inaugural inventory of mature and old-growth forests. 🏞️🌳

Intriguingly, NASA's International Space Station houses a remarkable tool for this mission: the GEDI instrument. From its orbit high above, GEDI employs laser altimetry to gather precise data on tree height and forest biomass, not just within the United States but across the entire globe. 🛰️🌍

Join us as we explore this unprecedented effort to safeguard and understand our ancient trees, with a view from space that spans the world. 🌳🔍 #NASA #AncientForests #SpaceSensors#AncientTrees #ForestInventory