We’ve heard for years that the forests of the Earth are disappearing at an alarming rate. The new map created by NASA is the very first global map using a uniform method for measure that show the height of the forests.
The new map confirms that the world’s tallest forests are clustered in the Pacific Northwest of North America and some parts of Southeast Asia. Temperate conifer forests—which are moist and harbor species such as Douglas fir, western hemlock, redwoods, and sequoias—have the tallest canopies (over 131 feet high). Undisturbed tropical rain forests are about 82 feet high, around the same height as oak and birch trees.
It looks like my part of the country has a multitude of tall trees, but we’re about to lose a holly in my own yard that’s growing into the power lines.
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