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The GLUE lab is proud to participate in the Amazonia Connect initiative aimed at improving low carbon farming & biodiversity conservation in the Amazon rainforest. Watch a video on the Amazonia Connect initiativehere. MAY, 8 2024 Congratulations to Tyler and Yanhua for being featured on the Wiscon...
the Amazon rainforest that the enantiomeric ratio varies unexpectedly (by a factor of ten) with (+)-α-pinene dominating at canopy level and (−)-α-pinene at tower top. The ratio is independent of wind direction, speed and sunlight but shows diurnal temperature dependent enrichment in the...
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A vivid tapestry of life, the Amazon rainforest is under increasing danger from the loss of its distinct species. Conservation initiatives are more vital than ever to protect this priceless environment and its occupants as we enter 2025. Protection of Amazonian Endangered Species Realizing the Diffic...
As well as cutting global greenhouse gas emissions by 5Gt every year, the report found shifting towards sustainable proteins that could free up 640 million hectares of land—an area larger than the Amazon rainforest—for rewilding, carbon capture, or sustainable agriculture. And diversifying the ...
To Those Who Care About The Earth, The Amazon is “gasping for air” What actions are you taking today to help it breath? Deforestation within the Amazon has played a central role in the negative effects posed on wildlife and the place they call home in the largest rainforest on the face...
According to UN figures,the area of forests has remained almost steady,at about 30 per cent of total land area,since the 1940s.Forests in countries such as the US,the UK and Canada have actually been expanding over the past 40 years. Despite all the warnings the Amazon rainforest has onl...
The production of meat is, directly and indirectly, related to the loss of forests in South America. According to the WWF, beef and soy production are responsible for deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest and other areas of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Vast swathes of the Amazon are bein...
“The vast majority of these fires are human-lit,” said Christian Poirier, the program director of non-profit organization Amazon Watch. He added that even during dry seasons, the Amazon – a humid rainforest – doesn’t catch on fire easily, unlike the dry bushland in California or Austr...