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What scientists found hiding in the Amazon rainforest.
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The Amazon was one of the least explored frontiers on Earth… until now. Scientists are scanning the rainforest with advanced LiDAR technology to reveal lost structures hidden below the canopy for centuries. Could they finally uncover the legendary lost city of El Dorado?



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0:00 What’s Hiding in the Amazon?
1:54 El Dorado
4:41 LiDAR Scanning
7:43 Carbon Dating
10:42 Earth Structures
12:40 The Truth About El Dorado
16:28 Amazonian Dark Earth
19:36 Carbon Storage
21:20 Environmental DNA
24:37 Indigenous Communities
25:11 What’s Really Hiding



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References:
“Search for El Dorado”, via pbs.org https://astrumspace.info/eldorado

“Basics of LiDAR”, via neonscience.org https://astrumspace.info/lidarbasics

“LiDAR Reveals Pre-Hispanic Low-Density Urbanism in the Bolivian Amazon”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/amazonlidar

“2000 Years of Garden Urbanism in the Upper Amazon”, via pubmed.gov https://astrumspace.info/urbanamzn

“More Than 10,000 Pre-Columbian Earthworks Are Still Hidden Throughout Amazonia”, via rainfor.org https://astrumspace.info/amznearth

“The Truth Behind El Dorado”, via bbc.co.uk https://astrumspace.info/eldoradotruth

“Ancient Amazonians Created ‘Dark Earth’ on Purpose”, via science.org https://astrumspace.info/darkearth

“Amazonia as a Carbon Source Linked to Deforestation”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/amzncarbon

“Amazon Deforestation Halved in 2023”, via bbc.co.uk https://astrumspace.info/deforestation

“Environmental DNA in Rivers”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/riveredna



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Credits:
Narrator: James Stewart
Writer: James Stewart
Video Editor: Matt Jamie
Animator: Peter Sheppard
Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava
Script Editor: Damaris McColgan
Thumbnail Designers: Peter Sheppard, Juane Dames
Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner
Production Manager: Raquel Taylor
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart
Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan
Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan



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