Recipe For "Dark Earth" Finally Uncovered in The Amazon's Depths
For such a lush, verdant paradise, the Amazon rainforest's soil can be surprisingly barren.
Source: sciencealert.com
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Ancient Amazonians intentionally created fertile "dark earth" | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A new study suggests patches of fertile soil in the Amazon, known as dark earth, were intentionally produced by ancient Amazonians as a way to improve the soil and sustain large and complex societies.
Source: mit.edu
Roads are primary vectors of deforestation in the Pan Amazon
It all starts with a road. In Brazil, the federal government commissioned the construction of mule trails and telegraph lines to link their coastal cities with long-established settlements on remote Amazonian tributaries. In the Andes, communication between the highlands and the lowlands has occurred over millennia via trails that traverse the foothills using routes dictated […]
Source: mongabay.com
The ancient Amazon discovered by LiDAR, a new satellite prospecting technology
After 70 years of debates, the new satellite prospection technology LiDAR is showing the complexity of ancient urbanisms in the Amazonian region.
Source: domusweb.it
Deep Marajó Roundtable
Art at Americas Society presents a roundtable with Marajoara artist Ronaldo Guedes, organized in conjunction with the current exhibition.
Source: as-coa.org