High-elevation tropical forest soils in Colombian Andes store nine times more pyrogenic carbon than lowland Amazonian forests, as shown by Dr Montes-Pulido in our Colombia BioResilience project.

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Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests Nature Communications - Species’ traits and environmental conditions determine the abundance of tree species across the globe. Here, the authors find that dominant tree species are taller and...

Publication out on the effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests in natcomms.nature.com‬rdcu.be/enby2

Soil carbon loss twice as severe with conversion to agriculture than with repeated wildfire in Amazonian forests Amazon soil carbon has major decline with fires & agriculture. Study reveals 38% loss from conversion, long-term fire impacts. Research by USP & University of Exeter

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Tropical forests in the Americas are struggling to keep pace with climate change Tropical forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to keep pace with climate change, raising concerns about their long-term resilience, according to new research. The study – led by ...

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Post-fire changes in tree diversity, composition and carbon in seasonal forests in the Southern Amazonia Fire is a major driver of forest degradation and biodiversity loss in the Amazon. Although some studies have evaluated the impacts of fire on forest s…

A new study on "Post-fire changes in tree diversity, composition, and carbon in seasonal forests in the Southern Amazonia" by a PhD student, Maurivan Pereira, I supervise in Brazil: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Research team surveying burned forests in Amazonia. Image credit: Ted Feldpausch

I'd like to give a big thank you to my colleague, Prof. Plinio Camargo, co-PI on our NERC-FAPESP Amazon PyroCarbon Project, and the team for the support they are providing for our soil sampling in burned forests across Amazonia.

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Fire swept though most of the permanent forest plots where we are doing research south of Manaus in central Amazonia, leaving an open canopy that dries the understory and standing dead trees that could be fuel for future fires.

Research team in a field truck crossing a ferry stuck in a dry river bed in central Amazonia.

Our Amazon PyroCarbon Project team has been in the field studying forests that have burned in central Amazonia. We are doing research in plots around Manaus where in December, which is the wet season, forests in the region are still burning and the ferry is now a bridge stuck in a nearly dry river.