Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Colombia: Rainforest 4x the size of Switzerland mapped in stunning detail using lasers, satellites

Mongabay: Scientists have created high-resolution carbon maps for 165,000 square kilometers (64,000 square miles) of forest across roughly 40 percent of the Colombian Amazon, greatly boosting the ability of the South American nation to measure emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, reports the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University, which led the effort. The research, which is described in the journal Biogeosciences, used a combination of satellite data and advanced airplane-based...

URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0725-colombia-carbon-map.html
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