An international team including @nasa scientists mapped nearly 10 billion individual trees in Africa’s drylands. 🌳
Their goal? Assess the amount of carbon stored outside of Africa’s tropical forests, which is essential for climate change projections. https://go.nasa.gov/3ZzUg2l
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Their goal? Assess the amount of carbon stored outside of Africa’s tropical forests, which is essential for climate change projections. https://go.nasa.gov/3ZzUg2l
#NASAEarth
Counting Carbon Stored in African Dryland Trees
With the help of artificial intelligence and high-resolution satellite images, scientists mapped almost 10 billion individual trees in Africa’s drylands to assess the amount of carbon stored outside of the continent’s dense tropical forests.Rob Garner (NASA)