Amazon Mortality Map (IMAGE)

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Amazon Mortality Map

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist Jeffrey Chambers and colleagues have devised an analytical method that combines satellite images, simulation modeling and painstaking fieldwork that allows them to create a detailed mortality map for the forest, thus helping researchers detect mortality patterns and trends.

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Jeffrey Chambers

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