Six Million Trees, One Laser From a Plane
DailyGood: News That Inspires - Oct 01, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Oct 01, 2026 "Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring." — William Alexander Six Million Trees, One Laser From a Plane From a light aircraft skimming over the Scottish Highlands, a laser quietly counted six million trees -- and what it found beneath the canopy is quietly extraordinary. Cambridge researchers used LiDAR technology and AI to survey 569 square kilometres of Cairngorms National Park, discovering that more than 2.65 million of those trees are young, newly growing -- forests reasserting themselves a...