Friday, February 20, 2009

Google Earth Uncovers the Lost Forest of Mount Mabu

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) in search of biological riches made incredibly good use of Google Earth imagery when they used it to find a pristine rainforest on top of little-known Mount Mabu in northern Mozambique in 2005. They put a big ‘X’ on their map and journeyed out to Africa in 2008...

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