One significant study utilized lidar technology to uncover evidence ... land use and cultural burning practices in the Amazon rainforest ecotone. It found that over 6,000 years, Indigenous peoples ...

Lidar, which stands for “Light Detection and Ranging ... The researchers write that if this is indeed the new normal for Amazon rainforest, then the consequences could be dire both for the Amazon and ...

With Lidar, that notion has completely been ... emphasizing the importance of preserving the rainforest. "The Amazon is not just a wilderness; it's a cultural landscape shaped by humans for ...

In northern Bolivia, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, lies a savannah called ... Using satellite images and LIDAR—an optical equivalent of radar that can peel away vegetation to reveal ...

Deep in the Amazon forest, sounds come together to form ... than those in less deforested regions,” she added. Ideally, the rainforest’s carbon balance should be neutral, with emissions ...

How can dried plant specimens protect a rainforest? In myriad ways ... because you can combine the hyperspectral sensors with lidar sensors, you basically get a three-dimensional image of a ...

Halfway through what the IPCC have dubbed the most consequential decade for climate action, what are the most pressing ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Alexis Damancio Silva can’t forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far southern Colombia last year when extreme drought nearly dried up the Amazon River.