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Ruth DeFries

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American geographer

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Ruth S. DeFries is an American environmental geographer who specializes in the use of remote sensing to study Earth's habitability under the influence of human activities, such as deforestation, that influence regulating biophysical and biogeochemical processes.

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2023Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
2012Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
2007MacArthur Fellows Program
2007Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Ruth S. DeFries is an American environmental geographer who specializes in the use of remote sensing to study Earth's habitability under the influence of human activities, such as deforestation, that influence regulating biophysical and biogeochemical processes. She was one of 24 recipients of the 2007 MacArthur Fellowship, and was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2006.

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Born 1956 · age 69
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