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Tropical Forest researchers! You might be interested in this session: "Tropical Forests Under a Changing Environment" at the virtual (!) #AGU20: https://t.co/lx4x4FaIbP #AmazonResearch https://t.co/AuTFCdKfFk
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ATTO - Amazon Tall Tower Observatory Retweeted · ATBC @theATBC

We are pleased to announce the ATBC 2020 Webinar Series on Tropical Biology and Conservation!

Topics include: Impacts of COVID-19 on Wildlife Trade, Health, and Climate, Professional Skills, Teaching, and Frontiers in Tropical Biology and Conservation.

https://t.co/ELXf8QYaV4
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ATTO - Amazon Tall Tower Observatory Retweeted · EAC2020 @EAC20201

#GoEAC2020: Virtual Concept 💻
The EAC2020 will be held online from 31 Aug - 4 Sep. There will be 4 types of sessions: live plenaries, parallel voice-chat sessions for presentations and for posters and an exhibition with live interaction with sponsors:
➡️ https://t.co/dPbJR2nJY2 https://t.co/tEQG6HOIss
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What happens when Amazonian (indigenous) activists visit ATTO? Brazilian artist Barbara Marcel captured it in a series of videos 📽️called "Ciné-Cipó - Cine Liana" now available in the virtual exhibition #CriticalZones of the @zkmkarlsruhe. Check it out! 👇 https://t.co/uh3RwnfNaZ https://t.co/u06CjaAXrS
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Stunning! https://t.co/1VrMpwUDle
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Roots form a roof along this ancient Incan trail that connects the Andean highlands to the Amazon lowlands via the Kosñipata valley of Peru. Weathered over time, the old soil surface (with roots but no soil) forms a ceiling. It now forms the backbone of the #ABERG network. https://t.co/m0Jjj3UmBZ
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Almost hard to believe this is the same forest than what we see around ATTO, deep in the Amazon lowlands. It looks like a different world! But that just goes to show just how versatile and diverse the Amazon Rainforest is. It's not one ecosystem, it's many! https://t.co/nwUXW4s3EY
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This ancient Incan trail connecting the Andean highlands to the Amazon lowlands in Peru has been worn and weathered down over centuries. Bathed in fog and >5m annual precip, mosses, ferns, and epiphytes abound from floor to ceiling. The steep trek is not for the faint of heart! https://t.co/eF7QEOO1XU
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Studying interactions between forest & atmosphere and their impact on the climate from an observatory with a 325m tall tower in the Amazon rainforest

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The wet season is coming to an end, but it's never The wet season is coming to an end, but it's never dry in the rainforest! Even in the drier months of the year, we often get rain- and thunderstorms. Like this one, that our cook @_almatos_ observed down at the river🌫⛈. They usually form in the late afternoon. That's because by then temperature and humidity have built up so much, clouds and eventually, convective storms form. Looks pretty stunning, right😍?! But I wouldn't want to get caught in it😨! #Amazon #AmazonRainforest #florestaamazonica #ATTO #rainforest #Brazil #research #fieldwork #science #earthscience #environment #Amazonia #AmazonReseach #tropicalforests #EarthSystemResearch #climate #climatescience #atmosphericscience #uatumã #cloudysky #storm #thunderstorm #clouds #cloudsofinstagram
Science 🔬 meets activism 📣 meets art 📽! Science 🔬 meets activism 📣 meets art 📽! Two Amazonian local activists Natalina do Carmo (@natalinatapajos) and Milena Raquel Tupinambá (@tupi.kuyapitinga), visited ATTO last year. Brazilian filmmaker @barbaramarcel7 went with them to capture the exchange between the scientists, who study the forest, and the communities who call the forest their home. You can now see what she discovered in a video installation called “Ciné-Cipó - Cine Liana” in the virtual exhibition "Critical Zones - Observatories for Earthly Politics" by the @zkmkarlsruhe (Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe). For more info, a trailer and all the links visit our website (link in bio)👆. #criticalzones #cinécipó #Amazon #AmazonRainforest #florestaamazonica #ATTO #rainforest #Brazil #research #fieldwork #science #earthscience #environment #Amazonia #AmazonReseach #tropicalforests #EarthSystemResearch #climate #climatescience #ecology #forestscience #exchange #communication #sciencemeetsart
How do changes in flooding regimes impact tree mor How do changes in flooding regimes impact tree mortality in floodplains? That's what @arborum_admirari and her colleagues wanted to find out. So they studied 500-yr old trees in two floodplain forests (called igapó): Along the Jaú River, the floodplain environment is still largely undisturbed😊. Along the Uatumã near ATTO, on the other hand, the flooding regime has been altered when the Balbina dam was built😯. Here, the team found that massive tree mortality affected the igapó after the construction of the dam began. Of all analyzed dead trees, only 1 out of 10 trees had died prior to the start of Balbina dam construction, while all others died afterward. Nowadays, dead stands comprise 12% of the area of igapó up to 120 km downstream of the dam😢 (👉SWIPE for full picture). In the undisturbed forest along the Jaú River, the team only found some sparse tree mortality😀(👉SWIPE again). This seems to coincide with La Niña events. They led to prolonged flooding periods in the Amazon basin, which might have caused the mortality there. In short, they conclude that the well-adapted igapó forests are still sensitive to long-lasting dry and wet periods, caused both by climatic events and anthropogenic disturbances. When both coincide, as in the case along the Uatumã River near ATTO, tree mortality in floodplains will increase.😦 Find out more about the study that is now published in the New Phytologist on our website 👉 (link in bio). 📷 by @TayaneCarvalho_ / INPA & Angélica Resende / INPA #Amazon #AmazonRainforest #florestaamazonica #ATTO #rainforest #Brazil #research #fieldwork #science #earthscience #environment #Amazonia #AmazonReseach #tropicalforests #EarthSystemResearch #climate #climatescience #ecology #forestscience #treemortality #floodplain #riojau #uatumã #eschweilera #igapó #wetlands #wetland #wetlandecology
#WorldRainforestDay It is with worry that we look #WorldRainforestDay It is with worry that we look to the Amazon these days, with deforestation rates rising once more amidst the COVID-19 crisis ravaging in Brazil and in particular in the Amazon region😯. Here is a reminder of what the pristine #AmazonRainforest still looks like at ATTO. Our site lies sheltered from human influence in the Uatuma Sustainable Development Reserve🚯. It provides us with the opportunity to not only experience the rainforest in its natural state but also to study it👩🏽‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬. Understanding the complex processes between forest🌳🌴, soils🌱, and atmosphere🌦 helps us recognize the large role the Amazon Rainforest plays for the region and the world🌎, and predict what might happen if it lost. #forests4future ⠀ 📷 by Michael Welling / MPI-C.⠀ ⠀ #Amazon #AmazonRainforest #florestaamazonica #ATTO #rainforest #Brazil #research #fieldwork #science #earthscience #environment #Amazonia #AmazonReseach #tropicalforests #EarthSystemResearch #climate #climatescience #ecology #forestscience #atmosphericscience #deforestation #pristinerainforest #pristineforest #healthyforest #rdsuatumã #forestcaptues #forestviews #forestphotography
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