New satellite technology shows Amazon absorbing less carbon due to less rainfall
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - 09:30
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers in the U.S. with another member from Brazil has found that parts of the Amazon rainforest are receiving less rainfall than was received just a couple of decades ago, and because of that are less green. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers discuss how new satellite technology has allowed for more accurately measuring rainfall amounts in the Amazon river basin which allows for noting changes in rainfall over multiple years.