The Amazon Rainforest is the largest rainforest on Earth, spanning nearly half of the South American continent. It harbors the highest concentration of species on the planet and plays a crucial role in climate stabilization. Storing 150-200 billion tons of carbon and releasing20 billion tonnesof ...
Peru boasts the second-largest swath of Amazon rainforest in South America after Brazil. Best Time to Visit the Amazon Planning a visit to Brazil, the 5th largest country in the world, may seem like a logistical maze, given its… Packing Guide for the Amazon A trip to the Amazon rainfore...
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Amazon Rainforest Map The immense size of the Amazon Rainforest can be appreciated by examining a map of the region. It is roughly the same size as the United States but very little of it is inhabited. The rivers still form the major communications routes and, not unsurprisingly, areas of...
In August, fires spread over large swaths of the Amazon Basin. ECOSTRESS captured the first image of the Amazon rainforest in Peru before the fires began, on August 7. It shows a surface temperature map revealing water-stressed and non-stressed forests (shown in brown and blue, respectively)...
A unique feature of the rainforest surrounding Iquitos is its lack of a specific rain or dry season. There is a high water period from December through to May which is caused by the melting of snow as the Andean summer begins and from the rainy season in the upper jungle. The low water...
Diverse conservation efforts have been expanding around the globe, even under the stress of increasing agricultural production. A striking example is the supply-chain agreements put upon the Amazon forest which had reduced deforestation by 80% from the e
(Amazonian Tall Tower Observatory) tower facility. The ATTO tower is surrounded by pristine rainforest (see Fig.1), which extends over 500 km upwind of the site10,11. Each day biogenic volatile organic compounds emitted at ground level are transported through vertical turbulent mixing up to ...
The problem:While the image does show the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, it’s more than 30 years old: The Guardian, which republished the photo in 2007, says it was taken in June 1989. amazon rainforest: how can i help? need advice on how i can actually make a change here; these pi...