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High-Resolution Maps Reveal Central African Forests Are Losing Carbon

The world’s second-largest tropical rainforest, the vast belt of humid forest that stretches across the Congo Basin, has long ...
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World's first high-resolution global leaf chlorophyll map can closely track plant health

A research team led by Profs. Li Jing and Liu Qinhuo from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS) has developed the world's first global, ...
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High-Resolution Heat Maps and Shade Modelling Show Cities Where Tree Planting Cools Most

When a heat wave settles over a city, the difference between a sweltering afternoon and a bearable one can come down to a single row of mature trees casting shade across a stretch of sidewalk. Yet ...
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New high‑resolution map transforms what we know about Roman roads and the Roman Empire

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a recent visit to Rome I walked along the Via Appia (also called the Appian Way), past the presumed house of Stoic philosopher ...
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Scientists release high-resolution rice map of Africa to support global food security

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released Africa's first high-resolution rice distribution map, featuring a resolution of ...
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First high-resolution genomic map of Asian hornbills shows how Pleistocene climate changes decimated populations

Researchers have unveiled the first high-quality reference genomes for four threatened Asian hornbill species, offering an unprecedented look into the evolutionary history and genetic makeup of ...