05 May 2016
Contract signed by Airbus, Space UK and ESA to deliver Biomass satellite
... Earth’s forests, information that is fundamental for a better understanding of the carbon cycle and global biomass.” Signature of contract to develop the Biomass satellite by parties from Airbus UK, Space UK and ESA. Image credit: ESA The radar will...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... exist to disrupt the membrane thus releasing the nutritious interior components of the algae. Due to the amount of biomass required for human nutrition, the opportunity to use algae as a food supplement to provide fresh nutrients seems especially...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
...can be either public or private entities outside or within Europe. … the mission responds to the pressing need for biomass observations in support of global treaties such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change initiative for the...
02 January 2021
Life beneath glaciers is good news in the search for life on icy worlds
... the microbial communities under the glaciers could combine that hydrogen gas with carbon dioxide to generate biomass. Biomass is biological material derived from living, or recently living organisms that can be used to generate energy. The microbes...
November 2021
Megasatellite habitat at Ceres
... be illuminated by artificial lighting. The mass of air per biomass is much less than for Earth, and this makes it ... dioxide level to prevent fluctuations. To achieve this, some biomass will be collected and stored and then burned cleanly at the...
15 March 2019
Major comet impact burned Earth 13,000 years ago
... slammed into the Earth causing widespread wildfires (biomass burning), rapid climatic changes, megafaunal extinctions and...have hit South America as well." Evidence of large scale biomass burning around this time has been collected by other chilean ...
