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R7: Researchers track isolated tribes in the Amazon with Google Earth
Researchers analyzed satellite imagery of a certain Amazon village located on the border between Brazil and Peru. The team calculated that the population is less than 40 inhabitants.
Phys.org: Amazon rainforest survey could improve carbon offset schemes
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.
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.
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.
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.
Amazon trees super-diverse in chemicals substances
Climbing into the canopy of thousands of trees across 19 different forests in the region, researchers sampled chemical signatures from canopy leaves and were surprised by the levels of diversity uncovered.
Drought and fire are reducing ability of Amazon Rainforest to store carbon
New research published in Nature adds further evidence to the argument that drought and fire are reducing the Amazon’s ability to store carbon, raising concerns that Earth’s largest rainforest could tip from a carbon sink to a carbon source.