Over 10,000 Earthworks Could Be Hidden in the Amazon
The new estimate can “play a role in present-day debates around Indigenous territorial rights,” researchers said.
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The new estimate can “play a role in present-day debates around Indigenous territorial rights,” researchers said.
New research combines a remote sensing system with a predictive spatial distribution model and concludes that between 10,272 and 23,648 large-scale archaeological sites remain to be discovered in the Amazon jungle
A pioneering global study published March 15 in the journal Nature showed that humid tropical forests recovering from degradation and deforestation have the potential to absorb a vast amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and, if preserved, they can be an important ally in addressing the climate crisis. However, for the past three decades, […]
LiDAR maps carbon emissions from Amazon deforestation NASA, in partnership with Brazil’s INPE, is mapping tree mortality in the Amazon using LiDAR. Digital reconstruction of tree canopies makes it possible to analyse the biomass loss. Copyright: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio / Veronika Leitold Speed read LiDAR maps tree height, reveals edge effects Forest height ‘intimately related to carbon stocks’ Share this article: Republish We encourage you to republish this article online and in print, it’s free under our creative commons attribution license, but please follow some simp...