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Biogeosciences

Caroline Miron

Caroline Miron is a Ph.D. researcher at the University of Hamburg working in partnership with the Luquillo LTER network. She recently finished her masters at the National Institute of Amazonian Research in Manaus, Brazil as part of the AmazonFACE project in which used minirhizotrons to study fine roots phenology, its climatic drivers and relationship with aboveground phenology in the Amazon forest. Currently exploring Puerto Rican forests frequently disturbed by hurricanes, her research focus has been to understand the effects of experimental drought on belowground traits and dynamics, including fine roots and mycorrhizae.

The hidden importance of Amazon forests

, and September 29, 2022
The hidden importance of Amazon forests

  Figure 1. Minirhizotron image acquisition in the field near Manaus, Brazil (photo credit Caroline Miron From different parts of continental Brazil, now working in different areas of Germany, we, three women scientists, share one more thing in common: our interest in making the hidden importance of the Amazon forest visible. In other words, we are root-nerds! Studying something that cannot i ...[Read More]