Scientists develop new tracking system for monitoring danger to rainforests
Rainforests are a powerful, natural solution to combat climate change -- providing water filtration, capturing carbon and regulating global temperatures.
Delaware: During a recent study, scientists developed a new indicator for monitoring danger to the world's rainforests, which have been losing the capacity to cycle carbon and water.
The findings of the study were published in One Earth. Rainforests are a powerful, natural solution to combat climate change -- providing water filtration, capturing carbon and regulating global temperatures. But major threats like large-scale land-use changes, including agricultural expansion and clear-cutting, have turned these biodiversity havens into one of the most endangered habitats on our planet.