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"When you walk through a rainforest, you might feel like you’re missing out.
You can hear birdsong and insect noises from way up high. For decades, the
rainforest canopy was called “the last biotic frontier,” due to the sheer
difficulty of getting up there.
Just over 30 years ago, that began to change. Researchers from the Smithsonian
installed an industrial crane in a Panama rainforest to give scientists access.
Ten more were installed around the world over the next decade.
In 1998, Australia joined in, building a canopy crane in the Daintree
rainforest, near Cape Tribulation. Our new research covers the story of how the
canopy crane was installed, and what research has stemmed from it.
While canopies are hard to access, they are well worth the effort. The tree
canopy is where the atmosphere meets the biosphere. As much as half of all
biodiversity on Earth is found in tropical rainforests – and a large proportion
of all these species are found in the canopy."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
