Urban pollution greatly enhances formation of natural aerosols over the Amazon rainforest. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2019 One of the least understood aspects in atmospheric chemistry is how urban emissions influence the formation of natural organic aerosols, which affect Earth’s energy budget.
Shrivastava M +35 more
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Calibration of the SMAP Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm to Reduce Bias Over the Amazon Rainforest
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote SensingSoil moisture (SM) is crucial for the Earth's ecosystem, impacting climate and vegetation health. Obtaining in situ observations of SM is labor-intensive and complex, particularly in remote and densely vegetated regions like the Amazon rainforest.
Kyeungwoo Cho +7 more
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Recent extreme drought events in the Amazon rainforest: assessment of different precipitation and evapotranspiration datasets and drought indicators [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2022 . Over the last decades, the Amazon rainforest has been hit by multiple severe drought events. Here, we assess the severity and spatial extent of the extreme drought years 2005, 2010 and 2015/16 in the Amazon region and their impacts on the regional ...
Phillip Papastefanou +13 more
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Mercury and CO2 emissions from artisanal gold mining in Brazilian Amazon rainforest [PDF]
Nature Sustainability, 2023 The Tapajós River basin in Brazil is one of the world’s regions most affected by artisanal gold mining (ASGM), which is responsible for the release of mercury and high energy consumption.
Benjamin Fritz +4 more
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Recurrent droughts increase risk of cascading tipping events by outpacing adaptive capacities in the Amazon rainforest. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022 Significance The Amazon rainforest is among the Earth’s climate tipping elements. Under ongoing global warming, the frequency of severe droughts such as in 2005 and 2010 is projected to increase strongly, up to the point where these droughts may become ...
Wunderling N +7 more
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Legacies of Indigenous land use and cultural burning in the Bolivian Amazon rainforest ecotone. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2022 The southwestern Amazon Rainforest Ecotone (ARE) is the transitional landscape between the tropical forest and seasonally flooded savannahs of the Bolivian Llanos de Moxos.
Maezumi SY +10 more
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Haplocauda, a New Genus of Fireflies Endemic to the Amazon Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Simple Summary The Amazon Rainforest is still a frontier in the study of insect biodiversity, housing several species yet to be described and studied.
Silveira LFLD +3 more
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Detection of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia bacteria in humans, wildlife, and ticks in the Amazon rainforest. [PDF]
Nat CommunTick-borne bacteria of the genera Ehrlichia and Anaplasma cause several emerging human infectious diseases worldwide. In this study, we conduct an extensive survey for Ehrlichia and Anaplasma infections in the rainforests of the Amazon biome of French ...
Buysse M +11 more
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The economic value of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest ecosystem services: A meta-analysis of the Brazilian literature. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 The main objective of this study is to assess the economic value of the Brazilian Amazon’s ecosystem services accruing to Brazilians based on a meta-analysis of the Brazilian valuation literature.
Brouwer R, Pinto R, Dugstad A, Navrud S.
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Water deficit and storm disturbances co-regulate Amazon rainforest seasonality. [PDF]
Sci AdvCanopy leaf abundance of Amazon rainforests increases in the dry season but decreases in the wet season, contrary to earlier expectations of water stress adversely affecting plant functions.
Lian X, Morfopoulos C, Gentine P.
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