The method of automated identification of vegetation areas with high photosynthetic activity was developed by scientists of the Belgorod State National Research University. They claim that this method allows using satellite images to find forest areas that absorb carbon from the atmosphere as efficiently as possible, RIA Novosti reports.
Using satellite images and Earth remote sensing data processing technologies, specialists from Belgorod have learned how to identify floodplain areas where communities with stable biophysical parameters and high photosynthesis activity are formed.
Thus, a technique has been developed for the automated identification of territories with trees capable of absorbing the maximum amount of carbon dioxide.
According to BelSU experts, information on the species composition and structure of the most environmentally sustainable forest ecosystems should become the basis for the development of recommendations for the implementation of biotechnical measures in specific ecological conditions of valley and river landscapes.
In the future, coastal protective strips and water protection zones, in addition to their main function, will be able to more effectively bind carbon from the atmosphere and deposit it, scientists believe.
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