Environment
Scientists Gauge Recovery of Panda Forest
China's Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 left the Wolong Nature Reserve, which is home to the endangered giant panda, devastated. Sections of forest and bamboo grove were lost due to landslides, erosions and sections of earth splitting open. Usually, damage from earthquakes is assessed using remote sensing, which can be limited in scope. Scientists from Michigan State University and in China went through the forest, in a unique "boots-on-the-ground" study of the reserve to assess recovery from the earthquake.
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