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Riverine sediment response to deforestation in the Amazon basin [PDF]

Earth Surface Dynamics, 2023
The Amazon experiences thousands of square kilometers of deforestation annually with recent rates increasing to levels unseen since the late 2000s. These increased rates of deforestation within the basin have led to changes in sediment concentration ...
A. Narayanan, A. Narayanan, S. Cohen, J. R. Gardner   +3 more
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Evapotranspiration seasonality across the Amazon Basin [PDF]

Earth System Dynamics, 2017
Evapotranspiration (ET) of Amazon forests is a main driver of regional climate patterns and an important indicator of ecosystem functioning. Despite its importance, the seasonal variability of ET over Amazon forests, and its relationship with ...
E. E. Maeda, X. Ma, F. H. Wagner, H. Kim, T. Oki, D. Eamus, A. Huete   +6 more
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The export of African mineral dust across the Atlantic and its impact over the Amazon Basin [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2023
The Amazon Basin is frequently influenced by transatlantic transport of African dust plumes during its wet season (January–April), which not only interrupts the near-pristine atmospheric condition in that season, but also provides nutrient inputs to the ...
X. Wang, X. Wang, X. Wang, Q. Wang, Q. Wang, M. Prass, C. Pöhlker, D. Moran-Zuloaga, P. Artaxo, J. Gu, N. Yang, N. Yang, X. Yang, X. Yang, J. Tao, J. Tao, J. Hong, J. Hong, N. Ma, N. Ma, Y. Cheng, H. Su, M. O. Andreae, M. O. Andreae   +23 more
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Biogeographic evidence supports the Old Amazon hypothesis for the formation of the Amazon fluvial system [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
The Amazon has high biodiversity, which has been attributed to different geological events such as the formation of rivers. The Old and Young Amazon hypotheses have been proposed regarding the date of the formation of the Amazon basin.
Karen Méndez-Camacho, Omar Leon-Alvarado, Daniel R. Miranda-Esquivel   +2 more
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Fires Drive Long-Term Environmental Degradation in the Amazon Basin

Remote Sensing, 2022
The Amazon Basin is undergoing extensive environmental degradation as a result of deforestation and the rising occurrence of fires. The degradation caused by fires is exacerbated by the occurrence of anomalously dry periods in the Amazon Basin.
Carlos Antonio da Silva Junior, Mendelson Lima, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro, José Francisco de Oliveira-Júnior, Fernando Saragosa Rossi, Beatriz Miky Funatsu, Weslei Butturi, Thaís Lourençoni, Aline Kraeski, Tatiane Deoti Pelissari, Francielli Aloisio Moratelli, Damien Arvor, Iago Manuelson dos Santos Luz, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro, Vincent Dubreuil, Vinicius Modolo Teixeira   +15 more
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An explicit GIS-based river basin framework for aquatic ecosystem conservation in the Amazon [PDF]

Earth System Science Data, 2016
Despite large-scale infrastructure development, deforestation, mining and petroleum exploration in the Amazon Basin, relatively little attention has been paid to the management scale required for the protection of wetlands, fisheries and other aspects of
E. Venticinque, B. Forsberg, R. Barthem, P. Petry, L. Hess, A. Mercado, C. Cañas, M. Montoya, C. Durigan, M. Goulding   +9 more
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Challenges Regionalizing Methane Emissions Using Aquatic Environments in the Amazon Basin as Examples

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Key challenges to regionalization of methane fluxes in the Amazon basin are the large seasonal variation in inundated areas and habitats, the wide variety of aquatic ecosystems throughout the Amazon basin, and the variability in methane fluxes in time ...
John M. Melack, John M. Melack, Luana S. Basso, Ayan S. Fleischmann, Santiago Botía, Mingyang Guo, Wencai Zhou, Pedro M. Barbosa, Pedro M. Barbosa, Joao H.F. Amaral, Joao H.F. Amaral, Sally MacIntyre, Sally MacIntyre   +12 more
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Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin [PDF]

Nature, 2017
More than a hundred hydropower dams have already been built in the Amazon basin and numerous proposals for further dam constructions are under consideration. The accumulated negative environmental effects of existing dams and proposed dams, if constructed, will trigger massive hydrophysical and biotic disturbances that will affect the Amazon basin's ...
Latrubesse, E. M., Arima, E. Y., Dunne, T., Park, E., Baker, V. R., D’Horta, F. M., Wight, C., Wittmann, F., Zuanon, J., Baker, P. A., Ribas, C. C., Norgaard, R. B., Filizola, N., Ansar, A., Flyvbjerg, B., Stevaux, J. C.   +15 more
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Integrative taxonomy reveals disjunct distribution and first record of Hoplias misionera (Characiformes: Erythrinidae) in the Amazon River basin: morphological, DNA barcoding and cytogenetic considerations

Neotropical Ichthyology, 2021
The Hoplias malabaricus group encompasses six valid species and still is believed to harbors cryptic diversity. In this work, an integrative approach including morphological, DNA barcoding, and cytogenetic considerations was conducted to characterize a ...
Karen L. A. Guimarães, Juan J. Rosso, Mendelsohn F. B. Souza, Juan M. Díaz de Astarloa, Luís R. R. Rodrigues   +4 more
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Large and increasing methane emissions from eastern Amazonia derived from satellite data, 2010–2018 [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021
We use a global inverse model, satellite data and flask measurements to estimate methane (CH4) emissions from South America, Brazil and the basin of the Amazon River for the period 2010–2018.
C. Wilson, C. Wilson, M. P. Chipperfield, M. P. Chipperfield, M. Gloor, R. J. Parker, R. J. Parker, H. Boesch, H. Boesch, J. McNorton, L. V. Gatti, J. B. Miller, L. S. Basso, S. A. Monks, S. A. Monks, S. A. Monks   +15 more
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