The Amazon, the largest tropical forest in the world, has played a vital role in absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and helping offset some global warming. Within the several last decades, deforestation and global warming have affected precipitation and temperature, which could significantly impact the Amazon’s ability to uptake carbon. Forest loss within theContinue reading “Source than sink: Southeastern Amazonia emits more carbon dioxide than it absorbs”
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Different logging schemes impact forest management in the Brazilian Amazon
Loud, gigantic, and scary! This was my first impression of a skidder – a heavy vehicle used in cutting trees. Multiple trees are crushed to access one large Amazonian log. This was the logging operations that occurred in the Jamari National Forest in the Rondônia State of Brazil. Logging tropical trees is simultaneously an artContinue reading “Different logging schemes impact forest management in the Brazilian Amazon”
Coping with increasing tropical cyclones in the mist of development in Oman
Located in the arid region of the Arabian Peninsula, and near the Arabian Sea, Oman is one of the developing countries where climatic and metrological disasters are a constant way of life. Oman is also situated on the south-eastern part of the Arab tectonic plate, which is often affected by seismic activities, especially in theContinue reading “Coping with increasing tropical cyclones in the mist of development in Oman”
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