National Institute for Amazonian Research

(Source: news.mongabay.com)   Researchers are planning to use drones equipped with vegetation-penetrating lasers to scan the Amazon rainforest for signs of past civilizations, reports the University of Exeter. A team led by Exeter archaeologist José Iriarte hopes the initiative will help settle the debate over the extent to which Earth's largest rainforest was occupied … [Read more...] about Drones to Scan the Amazon Rainforest for Hidden Civilizations