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Scientists Show How Forests Measure Up

A new map shows the height of Earth’s forests, from stubby saplings to timbers towering more than 50 meters tall, across the entire land surface.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Scientists Show How Forests Measure Up.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Lang, N. et al. (2022). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published May 13, 2022
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