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World's rainforests could be mapped in 3D at high resolution by 2020 for under $250M
2014-09-05 23:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Mapping the world's tropical forests with a fleet of airplanes outfitted with advanced LiDAR could rapidly and accurately assess global forest carbon stocks for a fraction of the cost of a typical Earth observation satellite mission - and far less than field-based sampling - argues a new paper published in Carbon Balance and Management. The commentary, authored by a group of prominent scientists from several institutions, reviews recent progress in applying laser ranging technology (LiDAR) to...
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Every living thing in the Antarctic Ocean mapped
2014-08-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: WHALE what's going on here then? Climate change's dramatic effects on the Southern Ocean just got easier to track, thanks to a comprehensive biodiversity map of the region. Some estimates suggest that the Southern Ocean is home to half of all the human-linked carbon dioxide that the world's oceans absorb, and the consequent drop in ocean-water pH there has already begun to dissolve animal shells in the region. The new Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean will make it easier to monitor problems...
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Human emotions mapped for the first time, shows where we feel love, fear, and shame
2013-12-31 14:41:26| Extremetech
Researchers in Finland have compiled the first authoritative atlas of "body maps" that detail where we feel emotions. We can now clearly see that happiness actually makes us feel tingly all over, that sadness is felt in the heart, and that depression is characterized by an all-over numbness. It would seem that idioms such as a chest puffed with pride, or cold feet, are very much seated in physiological reality.
Extent of Peruvian Amazon lost to illegal goldmines mapped first time
2013-10-29 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The area affected by illegal gold mining in Peru's south-eastern Amazon region increased by 400% from 1999 to 2012, according to researchers using state-of-the-art mapping technology. Using airborne mapping and high-satellite monitoring, researchers led by the Carnegie Institution for Science also showed that the rate of forest loss in Madre de Dios has tripled since the 2008 global economic crisis, when the international price of gold began to rise to new highs. Until this study, thousands...
Human Impacts On Top Ocean Predators Along US West Coast Mapped
2013-10-28 08:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The California Current System along the U.S. west coast is among the richest ecosystems in the world, driven by nutrient input from coastal upwelling and supporting a great diversity of marine life. Like coastal regions in general, it is also heavily impacted by human activities. A new study led by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals areas along the west coast where human impacts are highest on marine predators such as whales, seals, seabirds, and turtles. The study,...