Research into forest canopies has come a long way.
“Rainforest structure matters because it controls how animals access resources and escape predators, and these findings will help us understand tropical forest animal’s susceptibility to climate change.” “Most of the world’s species live in tropical forests and most of those make use of the canopy, and yet, we know so little,” Doughty said. Credit: Nicolle Fuller and Chris Doughty Implications of the Rainforest Structure Graph depicting canopy information obtained from GEDI. Authored by researchers from the U.S., the U.K., and Singapore, Christopher Doughty, professor in Northern Arizona University’s School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems and first author on the study, believes this research is crucial-and long overdue-in finding out more about the tropical ecosystems. “Tropical forests are mainly unstratified, especially in Amazonia and regions with lower fertility or higher temperatures” reads the title of the recently published paper in the journal Environmental Research Ecology that details the laser’s findings. However, that is about to change thanks to GEDI-a NASA space laser that has provided a detailed structure of the world’s rainforests for the first time ever. We know less about the rainforest canopy, where most of the world’s species live than we do about the surface of Mars or the bottom of the ocean. Uncovering the Secrets of Rainforest Canopies NASA’s GEDI, a space laser, has provided a groundbreaking, detailed structural view of the world’s rainforests, enabling researchers to further understand these complex ecosystems. These insights could significantly impact our knowledge of biodiversity, species’ adaptation to climate change, and the carbon storage capacity of forests. NASA’s space laser, GEDI, has revolutionized our understanding of rainforests, revealing a simpler structure with a peak leaf concentration at 15 meters.
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