Satellite images reveal link between urban growth and changing rainfall patterns

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Satellite images of the Red River Delta and the Xuan ThuyTien Hai reserves in Vietnam reveal loss of coastal mangrove habitat. Credit: Karen Seto Stanford University
Satellite images of the Red River Delta and the Xuan Thuy/Tien Hai reserves in Vietnam reveal loss of coastal mangrove habitat. Credit: Karen Seto, Stanford University

For the first time, scientists have used satellite images to demonstrate a link between rapid city growth and rainfall patterns, as well as to assess compliance with an international treaty to protect wetlands. The results have been published in two studies co-authored by Karen Seto, assistant professor of geological and environmental sciences and a fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.


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