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Why did the Amazon forest become a CO2 source in 2023?

Why did the Amazon forest become a CO2 source in 2023?

When simulations help highlight an anomaly, scientists who are curious commit to dig deeper, and of course when resources but most importantly data is available, you get good science. In the third episode of the EGU Biogeosciences Division podcast series Bikem Ekberzade talks with Santiago Botia to look at the story behind a recent study that was published in AGU Advances.

You can listen to the podcast here:

Reduced Vegetation Uptake During the Extreme 2023 Drought Turns the Amazon into a Weak Carbon Source

 

Photo credit: Chennawit U, Pexels

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An Earth System Scientist with a PhD in Climate and Marine Sciences and a focus on terrestrial ecosystems from Eurasian Institute for Earth System Sciences at Istanbul Technical University. Associate Researcher at Geohazard Research Group. Avid researcher on the impacts of disturbances on (currently terrestrial) ecosystems. Wildfire modeller. Field research enthusiast. For detailed information on her ongoing scientific research and outputs: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bikem-Ekberzade Author of Standing Rock: Greed, Oil and Lakota's Struggle for Justice (Zed Books, 2018). Science-policy advocate. Member of European Geosciences Union's Biodiversity Task Force, and scientific officer in the Biogeosciences Division. A former photojournalist with a keen eye on under-reported conflicts/humanitarian emergencies/environmental catastrophes; a former videographer eager to document the marginal/controversial/under reported issues/people/situations; a documentary producer willing to leave behind stories of ordinary people with their extra-ordinary joie de vivre/courage.


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