March 5, 2012 Redlands, CaliforniaWoods Hole Research Center
(WHRC) is using Esri's ArcGIS Online to make its new carbon
stock datasets available to scientists and environmental experts
throughout the world. Decision makers will be able to easily
access this data and use GIS to study tropical forest carbon-
density and change, which impacts the atmosphere and affects
climate change. "We at WHRC are proud to be at the very cutting
edge of this type of research in tropical forests, and we are
honored to partner with Esri to help make the results
available," said Dr. Eric Davidson, executive director of WHRC.
"Knowing how much carbon is in these forests is key to devising
effective programs and finances to conserve them." The Pantropic
Biomass dataset includes carbon contained in the aboveground
live woody vegetation of tropical America, Africa, and Asia. At
500-meter resolution, it is the highest-resolution carbon-
density dataset to date. Researchers will be able to access the
dataset via a few clicks and bring