Carnegie Advances Carbon Mapping in Colombia

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By Nature | 26 July 2012 | 193

Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science have rolled out their latest carbon-counting methodology in partnership with Colombian scientists, mapping carbon stocks across 40 percent of the Colombian Amazon using a new methodology that relies almost entirely on airborne and satellite observations. Led by Greg Asner, a remote-sensing expert in Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology in Stanford, California, the team combined a sophisticated analysis of run-of-the-mill satellite data with an advanced aerial laser system to quickly assess vast swaths of tropical forests. Read More