Forest Fragmentation Is Changing The Shape Of Amazonian Trees, Finds Study [remotesensing]
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https://phys.org/news/2023-12-forest-fragmentation-amazonian-trees.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44004-5 <-- shared paper
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@GregCocks quite obvious to anyone who's observed the trees in a forest, but still impressive they managed to measure this
@GregCocks heh, true. Yet coincidentally, this parallel conversation happened about metrics https://mastodon.acm.org/@avandeursen/111590076289084370
@mapto yes, putting a metric on it, objective rather than subjective if you will, will allow better and 'more concrete' planning and regulatory efforts, including enforcement