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Kichwa forest monitors in a deforested site at Copal Urco in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Indigenous Peoples Harness Space Technology to Stop Deforestation

by Andrew J. Wight 26 August 202130 March 2023

Satellite observations have long been used to detect deforestation, and a new study shows that giving Indigenous groups greater access to these data can improve response times and reduce tree cover loss.

Satellite image of the Rio Negro floodplain forest, with a prominent white burn scar
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Amazon Forests Are Turning into Savannas

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 14 May 202124 January 2024

Floodplain forests have low resilience to repeated exposure to wildfires. As climate change increases the instances of fires, forests may transform to less productive grassland ecosystems.

Aerial photo of a single boat making its way on Brazil’s São Francisco River
Posted inNews

Urbanization, Agriculture, and Mining Threaten Brazilian Rivers

by Meghie Rodrigues 27 October 20206 December 2021

Harder to analyze and quantify, diffuse pollution is often overlooked when it comes to water quality assessments.

View of a tidal marsh in Barnstable Harbor, Mass.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Rising Seas and Agriculture Created Wetlands Along the U.S. East Coast

by J. Pinson 23 October 20202 November 2021

Most of the tidal marshes along the eastern coast of the United States formed within the past 6,000 years due to a combination of slowly rising seas and European colonization.

Numerous piles of logs lie stacked in a tract cleared amid lush forest.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Forest Degradation Affects Carbon and Water Cycles

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 25 August 202031 March 2023

Forest degradation may be as widespread as deforestation in the Amazon, but its impact on energy, carbon, and water fluxes is less well understood.

Image of eroded ground under a tilled, yellowing prairie landscape
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A Dirty Truth: Humans Began Accelerating Soil Erosion 4,000 Years Ago

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 10 December 201915 November 2021

Recent research combining analysis of carbon dating, sediment accumulation rates, and pollen records from 632 lake beds worldwide finds deforestation tied to increased soil erosion.

Bird’s-eye image of the tree canopy in an intact section of the Brazilian rain forest
Posted inNews

Deforestation Could Exacerbate Drought in the Amazon

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 10 October 201915 October 2021

Researchers use high-resolution satellite images to parse the effects of land use changes on the energy balance between the rain forest and the atmosphere.

Aerial photo of a thick rain forest being logged
Posted inNews

Ousted Head of Science Agency Criticizes Brazil’s Denial of Deforestation Data

by Randy Showstack 20 August 20196 December 2021

Ricardo Galvão was fired from the institute that monitors deforestation in the Amazon. Now he and other scientists are speaking out against attacks on science.

Satellite image of small fires burning in agriculturally developed land
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Global Tree Cover Loss Continues but Is Down from Peak Highs

by Randy Showstack 25 April 20192 November 2021

New data show that an area of tropical tree forest cover the size of Nicaragua was lost in 2018.

An abandoned desert town in Namibia
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Will the Desert Darken Your Door?

by Manuel Villar-Argaiz 20 March 20192 November 2021

Wildfires are becoming more common as climate changes. So too are the arid landscapes that spread in their wake.

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