Change in Amazon Greenness from 2000 to 2012 (IMAGE)

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Change in Amazon Greenness from 2000 to 2012

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This image shows change in Amazon greenness from 2000 to 2012, measured as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. Greener colors represent increased greenness, gray is no change, and yellow represents decreased greenness over the 13-year record.

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Hilker et al.

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