Comments on: NASA Satellites Use Lasers to Map the World’s Tallest Forests

By: bruder in der badewan

bruder in der badewan — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:55:26 +0000

very very nice post. Thanks admin….

By: MNiceLady

MNiceLady — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:11:01 +0000

Probably anything under 50 feet is not considered the tallest.

By: Andrew Moseman

Andrew Moseman — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:35:22 +0000

@wildmonky That was my reaction when I first saw the maps, too. Obviously there are trees in the tan areas on both maps, but evidently not enough to qualify as “forested” when the data was processed.

By: wildmonky

wildmonky — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:09:16 +0000

Anyone else see this map and think how few forests we have on this planet? Though to be fair I think only the tallest forests are shown here? Still, comparatively, it looks like almost no trees on the planet.