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Wielding Machetes and Calipers, Sweat-soaked Scientists Count Carbon in Amazon Rainforest


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Wielding Machetes and Calipers, Sweat-soaked Scientists Count Carbon in Amazon Rainforest
Antonio Laffayete Silveira, a forestry engineering professor at the Federal University of Rondonia, and botanist count smaller plants in a 1-by-1 meter frame on a parcel of Amazon rainforest in Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia state, Brazil.
REUTERS/Jake Spring
The Brazilian team is just one contingent among hundreds of researchers seeking to measure carbon in the complex and environmentally crucial Amazon rainforest ecosystem, which sprawls across more than six million square kilometers in nine countries.
Reuters ITAPUÃ DO OESTE, Brazil
Last Updated:January 12, 2021, 09:08 IST
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Wielding machetes and calipers, sweat-soaked scientists count carbon in Amazon

The machete-wielding scientists ventured into the Amazon, hacking through dense jungle as the mid-morning temperature soared past 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 C).

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