Deforestation could hasten global warming, experts say. Scientists have discovered that Russia's ancient forests, the stuff of fairy tales, are also magnificent carbon containers, and that the elimination of this natural habitat could bring about catastrophic climate change.
The United States lost more than 46,000 square miles of forest in those years, a size roughly equivalent to the state of Pennsylvania. That's about 6% of the nation's forested land. That's the most of the seven countries that have over 1 million square kilometers of forest, says study lead author Matthew Hansen of South Dakota State University.
The RAINFOR project is looking to appoint a post-doctoral position in spatial modeling and mapping of Amazon carbon dynamics.
Moran, both an IU Bloomington distinguished professor and the James H. Rudy Professor of Anthropology, is an internationally recognized ecological and environmental anthropologist whose research has focused on aspects of the human dimensions of environmental change.
Scientists used airborne remote sensing instruments, an imaging spectrometer and a lidar, to determine how biological invasion alters the chemistry and 3-dimensional (3-D) structure of rainforests in Hawaii.
by LCLUC PI Amber Soja
University of Texas at Austin seeks a highly motivated candidate for a postdoctoral position in land/climate data analysis, assimilation, and modeling. The successful candidate is expected to work on a number of projects.
2010 NASA Terrestrial Ecology Science Team Meeting abstracts, presentations, posters, and meeting breakout reports are now available.
The meeting summary from the LCLUC Spring Science Team Meeting can be found in the July-August Issue on page 34.
NSPIRES research ppportunity in earth sciences (ROSES) 2009