Trees are tall. Humans, relatively speaking, are not. And we're not the most agile climbers in the animal kingdom, either. But we are crafty, and we can out-think even the most wizened redwood. But ...

NASA scientists want you, yes you, to take part in a mission. The space agency launched a new component function of its citizen science mobile application GLOBE Observer last month. It now invites ...

Drones to monitor 3D woody crops and measuring the area, height and volume of trees Press ...

NASA would like you to take a picture of a tree, please. The space agency’s ICESat-2 satellite estimates the height of trees from space, and NASA has created a new tool for citizen scientists that can ...

NASA is calling on users of its GLOBE Observer app to use their smartphone camera as a method to help verify satellite data measuring the height of trees. The update to its app, adding the feature, ...

Every now and then, a new map changes the way we view our planet. This is one of those maps. The map above shows the height of Earth’s forests, from stubby saplings to timbers towering more than 50 ...