Return Of The GEDI: Scanning The Amazon With Lasers
Data collected by an instrument on the International Space Station gives scientists insight into deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
Source: sciencefriday.com
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Costa Rica's Struggles To Keep Faith With Its Conservation Ideal
Though Costa Rica wins praise for its commitment to healthy ecosystems, a look beneath the surface reveals struggles to keep faith with the nation’s conservation ideal.
Source: nationalparkstraveler.org
New Giant Anaconda Species 'Northern Green Anaconda' Discovered While Filming Will Smith's Wildlife Documentary in the Amazon
The new giant snake species could be the “largest anaconda” on record. Click to read more. A new giant anaconda species, previously unknown to science, was just discovered by scientists along with indigenous people and a film crew shooting Will Smith's wildlife documentary entitled "Pole to Pole: With Will Smith" in the wilderness of the Amazon in South America.
Source: natureworldnews.com
Harvard botanist Richard Evans Schultes and psychedelic medicine
Richard Evans Schultes braved malaria and worse to study Indigenous medicine. Now a new generation of scientists wants to finish his work.
Source: bostonglobe.com
Illegal Mining Ravages Ecuador's Amazon as Evidenced in a Dire Increase in Deforestation – LatinAmerican Post
In 2023, illegal gold mining activities devastated 784 hectares of jungle forests along the Punino River in Ecuador's Amazon, marking a stark escalation in environmental destruction within this vital ecosystem.
Source: latinamericanpost.com