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AI maps North American trees, cutting count by 264 billion

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AI has been used to map North American trees with a resolution of 3km, significantly reducing the previous estimate of 603 billion trees to a range of 339-514 billion. This improved counting method will enhance carbon tracking and habitat protection efforts. The research utilized scans of 600,000 forest plots to achieve these new figures. AI

IMPACT Improves ecological monitoring and carbon tracking accuracy for North American forests.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a research study using AI for ecological mapping and estimation. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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AI maps North American trees, cutting count by 264 billion

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · Forestecosystems ·

    # AI scanned 600,000 forest plots to map North American # trees at 3km resolution, cutting the old 603 billion tally to 339-514 billion. Sharper counts tighten

    # AI scanned 600,000 forest plots to map North American # trees at 3km resolution, cutting the old 603 billion tally to 339-514 billion. Sharper counts tighten # carbon tracking and # habitat protection.👇 @ Forestecosystems https://www. sciencedirect.com/science/arti cle/pii/S219…

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