Some of you may remember that in September, I flew to Peru for a story I was writing for Wired UK. That story is finally out. It's about Greg Asner, a scientist who is scanning the Amazon by air, in an effort to study and save it. Here's how it starts:
A small twin-propeller plane flies over the Amazon rainforest in eastern Peru. The scale of the vegetation is staggering. The tree canopy stretches as far as our eyes can see – an endless array of broccoli florets bounded only by haze and horizon. Greg Asner, 43, Asner has seen the rainforest from this vantage point many times before, but he still stares out the window in rapt fascination. This patch of forest in the Tambopata National Reserve is luxuriant with life even by the Amazon’s standards. A 50-hectare patch of forest – the size of as many rugby pitches ...
