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IMAGE: Interannual changes of forest area, aboveground biomass (AGB), active fire area, burned area, and atmospheric CO2 concentration in the Brazilian Amazon view more
Credit: Xiangming Xiao
An international team led by Xiangming Xiao, George Lynn Cross Research Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences, published a paper in the April issue of the journal
Nature Climate Change that has major implications on forest policies, conservation and management practices in the Brazilian Amazon. Xiao also is director of OU s Center for Earth Observation and Modeling. Yuanwei Qin, a research scientist at the Center for Earth Observation and Modeling, is the lead author of the study.
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IMAGE: Joan W. Bennett, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and pathology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. view more
Credit: Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University
Joan W. Bennett, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and pathology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. She joins neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center atmospheric scientist Ann Thompson and media entrepreneur and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey. Receiving this honor would not have been possible without the support of my mentors, professional peers and, most especially, the many wonderful students who have worked in my laboratory over the years, said Bennett, who works in the Department of Plant Biology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Moreover, it gives me particular pride to see that this year, 55 percent of the people elected to the American Academ
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