Quantifying pyrogenic carbon stocks, soil organic carbon, and fire-climate feedbacks in Amazonian forests

Tag: Brazil

Field campaign advances fire-impact research in soils of the central Amazon

Dec 5, 2024

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by

Ted Feldpausch

in Black Carbon

In November–December 2024, a seven-member Amazon PyroCarbon Project team established 22 soil plots across contrasting fire histories in the Manaus region, central Amazonia, advancing understanding of fire impacts on soil carbon dynamics.
Into the burned forests of Acre: Amazon PyroCarbon Project fieldwork 2024

May 15, 2024

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by

Ted Feldpausch

in Black Carbon

Between 19 and 30 April 2024, the Amazon PyroCarbon Project team travelled to Acre, Brazil, to revisit permanent burned-forest plots, collect soils and charcoal for ancient fire dating, and install soil respiration monitoring equipment across nine forest plots, three pastures, and two agroforestry systems.