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The Diversity of Different Amazonian Plants May Be the Key to Its Survival
2016-09-04 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TrendInTech: Like everywhere else in the world today, the Amazon is also a place that is feeling the effects of climate change. Here, there are tens of thousands of plant species alone at risk of being destroyed by the effects of global warming. However, a new study carried out by researchers suggests that the more diverse a forest is, the better chance it has of adapting to climate change. They discovered that as some trees are killed off by climate change, others that are more suited to deal with the new conditions...
There are so many Amazonian tree species, we won't discover the last one for 300 years
2016-07-13 19:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: There are more different kinds of trees in the Amazon rainforest than anywhere else on earth, but the exact number has long been a mystery. In 2013, scientists estimated that the number of species was around 16,000no one had ever counted them all up, though. In a new paper in Scientific Reports, the same scientists delved into museum collections from around the world to confirm just how many tree species have been recorded in the Amazon so farand how many have yet to be discovered. Nigel Pitman,...
Over-hunting threatens Amazonian forest carbon stocks
2016-01-26 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Over-hunting of large mammals in tropical forests could make climate change worse according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Tropical forests worldwide store more than 460 billion tonnes of carbon. The Amazon is the largest and most species-rich tropical forest on Earth. Researchers studied the large-scale impact of wildlife extinctions induced by over-hunting on carbon storage right across the Amazon. The research shows that much of the above-ground carbon stock...
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Modeling Amazonian transitional forest micrometeorology
2015-12-29 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: This 42-meter-high tower, upon which the micrometeorological was mounted, is located in the middle of the transitional forest of Northern Matto Grosso, Brazil. Credit: ULB/UFMT WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 29, 2015 — What …
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Seattle's Amazonian Lending Scene
2015-07-20 15:00:00| National Real Estate Investor
The real estate boom in Seattle, one of the countrys fastest-growing cities, is causing many to sit up and take notice. The latest sign? Two of the largest loans (or at least largest CMBS loans) nationally in 2015 were made to Seattle. read more
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