Why Environmental Models Should Prioritize Minimal Complexity? - Nirmal's Space

Researchers at the São Paulo State University (UNESP), at its Tupã campus in Brazil, have developed and tested a new geospatial intelligence methodology that significantly improves the speed and accuracy of land-use management and territorial planning projects. This innovative tool has successfully mapped areas of the Amazon rainforest, Cerrado vegetation (a biome similar to the Brazilian savanna), grasslands, and agricultural crops in double-cr…

Why Environmental Models Should Prioritize Minimal Complexity? - Nirmal's Space

Usually, it is difficult to predict how ecosystems will respond to natural and human-induced changes beforehand. Let’s take the Amazon rainforest as an example, it is difficult to precisely conclude how it will respond to changing climate and possible future warming scenarios. Similarly, human activities such as land use changes disrupt the natural processes. For example, consider the construction of a dam. The complex interactions in nature mak…