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Michigan State: In the Amazon Rainforest, Degradation May Be a Bigger Threat Than Deforestation
September 15, 2020
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 15 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release:

Deforestation leaves voids in the Amazon rainforest that are easily spotted by satellite, but more subtle degradation from logging and farming can be harder for scientists to catalog. Now two Michigan State University researchers have reunited to bring this latter threat to the rainforest into sharper focus.

"If we're only looking at deforestation, we' . . .

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