Angela Valden Skidmore faculty member and recent graduate are among 30 scientists to take part in comprehensive new assessment of the net impact of the world’s largest rainforest. Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:00:40 -0800 Zoe Pagliaro '20, far right, speaks with scientists Fiona Soper of McGill University in Montreal, Tom Lovejoy of George Mason University in Virginia and Sunitha Pangala of Lancaster University in the United Kingdom during a July 2019 summit in Manaus, Brazil, hosted by the National Geographic Society. They are among the 30 researchers, including lead author Kris Covey, visiting assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences at Skidmore, who co-authored the most comprehensive study to date on the Amazon rainforest's climate impact.