The ecologist admits ‘messing up’ in the past, but says his Restor project will be ‘a Google Maps of biodiversity’, showing the impact of restoration – from a forest to your own back garden
Restor will combine the latest biodiversity metrics with a global map of restoration projects.At ETH Zürich, researchers employ machine-learning techniques and satellite imagery to gain understanding of the Earth’s soils, fungi, carbon cycle and forests. The findings have been published in leading journals, and Jane Goodall, David Attenborough and others cite Crowther’s lab research. These include counting the planet’s 0.4 sextillion nematodes, Earth’s most abundant animal.
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