Tag: Amazon rainforest
Extreme 2023 drought made the Amazon a weak carbon source
2023 Amazon drought reduced vegetation carbon uptake, turning the region into a weak carbon source independent of fire emissions, revealing climate vulnerability.
Framework links dissolved oxygen to fish-kill mortality estimates
Framework for quantifying fish kills from gas supersaturation at dams using dissolved oxygen data and Bayesian mortality modeling in Amazonian hydroelectric systems.
Amazonian caimans differ in body-temperature regulation
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in ZoologyStudy of three Amazonian caiman species reveals distinct thermoregulation strategies correlated with habitat and size, including vascular heat storage mechanisms.
