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Amazon rainforest growth spurts were NASA satellite error

2014-02-18 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: Surprising dry season growth spurts spotted in the beleaguered Amazon rainforest are fake, the result of misleading satellite data, a new study finds. Most plants sprout new growth during wet seasons, and conserve their energy when it's dry. So scientists were surprised when they discovered the Amazon forest turns green during the tropical dry season from June through October even during an extreme drought based on data from NASA's Terra satellite. The initial findings were published in the...

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