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Brazilian Amazon deforestation breaks September record

October 7, 2022October 8, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

In the latest worrying news on the rainforest, satellite monitoring showed 1,455 square kilometers of forest cover was destroyed in the Brazilian Amazon last month. In the latest worrying news on the rainforest, satellite monitoring showed 1,455 square kilometers of forest cover was destroyed in the Brazilian Amazon last month. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon […]

Digging Deep: How animal soundscapes reveal levels of Amazon forest degradation

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

A study published in PNAS this month finds how biodiversity is being impacted as a result of the degradation of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. Naturally, any on-ground biodiversity survey brings with it its own challenges and constraints. To augment this problem, Rappaport et al. (2022) monitored sounds coming out of the forest in different pockets […]