With decades of images and data from the same locations, these satellites can show changes over time, including deforestation, changes in waterways and how loss of trees corresponds to urban heat.
They’re crucial for tracking deforestation, pinpointing dangerous heat, and helping people respond to fires, floods and insidious risks that might not be obvious from the ground.
‘Green water’ is essential for healthy soils and a benign climate, but it’s under threat.
These crucial ecosystems are being battered by lots of different threats that are combining to make the matter worse.
Land grabs spearheaded by wealthy interests are accelerating deforestation, and Brazil’s National Congress is working to legitimize them.
Inoculating trees with an edible fungi can produce more protein per hectare than pasture-raised beef, while reforesting, storing carbon and restoring biodiversity.
Trees that produce resin for frankincense and myrrh – used for thousands of years in healthcare, worship and trade – are facing collapsing populations.
As governments and corporations pledge to help the planet by planting trillions of trees, a new study spotlights an effective, low-cost alternative: letting tropical forests regrow naturally.
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