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
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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]
