High-Resolution Carbon Map (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

High-Resolution Carbon Map

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A new high-resolution airborne and satellite mapping approach provides detailed information on carbon stocks in Amazonia. This image shows an area of road building and development adjacent to primary forest in red tones, and secondary forest regrowth in green tones.

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Image from the Carnegie Airborne Observatory, Carnegie Institution for Science

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