Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE A first-of-its-kind satellite due to launch on Tuesday will be able to see through clouds and leafy canopies to assess how they are protecting the planet from climate change. The Biomass satellite, from the European Space Agency, will “weigh” the Earth’s forests, revealing how much planet-warming carbon is...
With a name like “rare earths” you would think that the metals in this category would be, you know, rare. They aren’t, though. They are actually pretty abundant and are even more so, given that we don’t use them in great quantity compared to other metals like copper, iron, or tin. What they are is...