Researchers from the Universities of Leeds and Edinburgh studying the Amazon Basin have revealed unprecedented detail of the size, age and species of trees across the region by comparing satellite maps with hundreds of field plots.
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Scientists study what keeps freshwater fish abundant in the Amazon
To quantify the effect of deforestation on fish, Kirk Winemiller is working with a team of Texas A&M and Brazilian researchers. Once completed, the project will inform the work of government agencies and conservation groups in Brazil.
Small monkeys take over when big primates have been hunted
Research has shown that small monkeys in hunted forests exhibit compensatory growth in the absence of larger primates. In other words, when larger monkeys are removed, population densities of small monkeys can skyrocket.
IPS: Deforestation in the Andes triggers an Amazon “Tsunami”
Deforestation, especially in the Andean highlands of Bolivia and Peru, was the main driver of this year’s disastrous flooding in the Madeira river watershed in Bolivia’s Amazon rainforest and the drainage basin across the border, in Brazil.
The New York Times: Losing ground and space in the Amazon
A global forest mapping system developed by a team of scientists from the University of Maryland, Google and the United States government is now able to pinpoint exactly where and at what rate deforestation is occurring around the world.
Penn State: Drought and fire lead to sharp increases in forest tree mortality
Over the course of our experiment, 60 percent of the trees died with combined drought and repeated fire.
Global Post: They razed paradise and put up a soybean lot
Brazil’s agro powers are excited to be edging closer to soy giant the United States. But environmentalists say there’s another reason to be very afraid for the rain forest.
Amazonia Blog: For Nobel Winner, floods in North and drought in Southeast are related
Philip Fearnside, scientist specialized in climatology and based in Manaus, has warned for decades about the growing risk of climate catastrophes.
Phys: Extreme events helps scientists to study Amazon climate change
Extreme weather events are giving scientists an opportunity to make observations that will allow them to predict the impacts of climate change and deforestation on Amazon River wetlands.
Brief tree lives are linked to the Amazon biodiversity
According to a new study headed by Tim Baker and published in the journal Ecology Letters, short durations between tree generations strongly correlate to highly biodiverse clades.