Effects of climate and land‐use change scenarios on fire probability during the 21st century in the Brazilian Amazon.
The joint and relative effects of future land-use and climate change on fire occurrence in the Amazon, as well its seasonal variation, are still poorly understood, despite its recognized importance. Using the maximum entropy method (MaxEnt), we combined regional land-use projections and climatic dat...
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publicado
09/10/2019
1:29 PM
Amazon forest response to CO2 fertilization dependent on plant phosphorus acquisition.
Global terrestrial models currently predict that the Amazon rainforest will continue to act as a carbon sink in the future, primarily owing to the rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentration. Soil phosphorus impoverishment in parts of the Amazon basin largely controls its functioning, bu...
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publicado
09/10/2019
1:27 PM
Solar smart grid as a path to economic inclusion and adaptation to climate change in the Brazilian Semiarid Northeast
Purpose: This study aims to exploit the abundance of solar energy resources for socioeconomic development in the semi -arid Northeastern Brazil as a potent adaptation tool to global climate change. It points out a set of conjuncture factors that allow us to foresee a new paradigm of sustainable deve...
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publicado
27/08/2019
3:05 PM
Combining LiDAR and hyperspectral data for aboveground biomass modeling in the Brazilian Amazon using different regression algorithms
Accurate estimates of aboveground biomass (AGB) in tropical forests are critical for supporting strategies of ecosystem functioning conservation and climate change mitigation. However, such estimates at regional and local scales are still highly uncertain. Airborne Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR...
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publicado
27/08/2019
1:46 PM
Expanding the soy moratorium to Brazil’s Cerrado
The Cerrado biome in Brazil is a tropical savanna and an important global biodiversity hot spot. Today, only a fraction of its original area remains undisturbed, and this habitat is at risk of conversion to agriculture, especially to soybeans. Here, we present the first quantitative analysis of expa...
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publicado
27/08/2019
1:45 PM
Hydraulic traits explain differential responses of Amazonianforests to the 2015 El Niño-induced drought
Reducing uncertainties in the response of tropical forests to global change requires understanding how intra- and interannual climatic variability selects for different species, community functional composition and ecosystem functioning, so that the response to climatic events of differing frequency...
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publicado
27/08/2019
1:44 PM
Phenology and seasonal ecosystem productivity in an Amazonian floodplain forest.
Several studies have explored the linkages between phenology and ecosystem productivity across the Amazon basin. However, few studies have focused on flooded forests, which correspond to c.a. 14% of the basin. In this study, we assessed the seasonality of ecosystem productivity (gross primary produc...
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publicado
10/07/2019
10:57 AM
On the triggering mechanisms of upward lightning.
Upward lightning studies took place in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA and S. Paulo, Brazil during the summer thunderstorm seasons from 2011 to 2016. One of the main objectives of these campaigns was to evaluate and characterize the triggering of upward positive leaders from tall objects due to preced...
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publicado
04/07/2019
10:59 AM
Why ‘blended finance’ could help transitions to sustainable landscapes: Lessons from the Unlocking Forest Finance project.
There is a momentum towards finding financing solutions for halting deforestation at the landscape level for the benefit of climate, biodiversity and delivery of ecosystem services. The Unlocking Forest Finance (UFF) project has, between 2013 and 2018, worked on the development of innovative financi...
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publicado
25/06/2019
2:14 PM
Quantifying the aerosol effect on droplet size distribution at cloud top.
This work uses the number concentration-effective diameter phase-space to test cloud sensitivity to variations in the aerosol population characteristics, such as the aerosol size distribution, number concentration and hygroscopicity. It is based on the information from the top of a cloud simulated b...
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publicado
25/06/2019
1:53 PM
Corrigendum: Fire responses to the 2010 and 2015/2016 Amazonian droughts.
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publicado
18/06/2019
11:01 AM
Is there a classical inertial sublayer over the Amazon Forest?
On the basis of measurements over different surfaces, an inertial sublayer (ISL), where Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory applies, exists above z = 3h, where h is canopy height. The roughness sublayer is within h < z < 3h. Most studies of the surface layer above forests, however, are able to probe onl...
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