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Space technology identifies vulnerable regions in West Africa

2015-05-11 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: A group of international researchers led by the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research at the University of Leicester have used space satellite technology to identify regions of West Africa which are vulnerable to the effects of land degradation through climate change. The team studied land degradation in Sub-Saharan West Africa, covering an area of approximately 6,140,000 km2, using statistical residual trend analysis (RESTREND) of vegetation photosynthetic capacity data (GIMMS NDVI3g), soil...

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