UMD Researchers Use Space Laser Technology to Explain Dry Season Growth in Amazon Rainforest
February 22, 2017
February 22, 2017
BALTIMORE, Feb. 22 -- The University of Maryland issued the following news:
For more than a decade, scientists have debated what's known as the "green up" phenomenon in the Amazon rainforest--when vegetation appears to thrive and grow fuller during the dry season with little or no rainfall. While some researchers have supported hypotheses that drought-induced growth does occur in the Amazon, others have argued it is more likely an optical illusion created by shadows cast . . .
For more than a decade, scientists have debated what's known as the "green up" phenomenon in the Amazon rainforest--when vegetation appears to thrive and grow fuller during the dry season with little or no rainfall. While some researchers have supported hypotheses that drought-induced growth does occur in the Amazon, others have argued it is more likely an optical illusion created by shadows cast . . .