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Deforestation News
Articles, resources, and announcements from Deforestation.
ORNL DAAC has released a new Level 3 data product from the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission offering gridded estimates of canopy height and ground elevation.
News
This ArcGIS StoryMap highlights Data User Profiles, Learning Resources and Worldview imagery layers in support of Earth Day 2021.
Feature Article
Centuries before Europeans arrived, an advanced civilization flourished in Mesoamerica, a region extending from southern Mexico through Central America. But by 950 A.D., the population had crashed. Scientists are now able to model the climate impacts of the Mayan deforestation.
Feature Article
Deforestation is taking a toll on the Amazon and other areas of high biodiversity. Dr. Eric Bullock uses Earth observation data to explore the consequences of land use and land cover change in these areas.
Data User Story
Remote sensing proves ideal for watching rapid changes to Russia's remotest forests.
Feature Article
Image captured by the MODIS instrument, aboard the Terra satellite, on 18 October 2015
Worldview Image of the Week
According to a recent report in Science, the Amazon rain forest has lost nearly two million acres to logging each year since 1996.
Feature Article
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