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(front) Ilana L. Brito, Vivian Valencia, Gillian Galford, RUTH DeFRIES, Megan Cattau, Meha Jain, Meghna Agarwala, |
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Ruth DeFries’ research examines human transformation of the landscape and its consequences for climate, biogeochemical cycling, biodiversity, and other ecosystem services that make our planet habitable. The work is based on the premise that land use change involves tradeoffs between human necessities such as food and unintended environmental consequences such as greenhouse gas emissions and habitat loss. A particular focus is tropical deforestation and its impacts on atmospheric carbon emissions and conservation. The research analyzes land use changes over broad scales through the lens of satellite observations. She is actively involved in linking scientific information into policy decisions. |
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| Ruth DeFries' office is on Columbia University's Morningside campus, but our labs are located on the Lamont campus. Click on the contact info page for further information. | ||||