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The aim was to collect soils from recently burned forests and install equipment to measure soil respiration \u2014 building a long-term picture of how fire alters carbon cycling in Amazonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The campaign brought together around ten researchers and students from four institutions: the University of Exeter (UK), the Federal University of Acre (UFAC), the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (CENA\/USP), and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE, Brazil), alongside local guides with invaluable knowledge of the terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-auger-sampling-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Wanderlei Bieluczyk collecting soil cores with an auger in burned forest plots, Acre, Brazil\" class=\"wp-image-3415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-auger-sampling-2024.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-auger-sampling-2024-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-auger-sampling-2024-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-auger-sampling-2024-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-auger-sampling-2024-1025x1536.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Wanderlei Bieluczyk collecting soil cores with an auger in burned forest plots near Rio Branco. Photo: Jo\u00e3o Pompeu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Soil samples were collected across nine forest plots with varying degrees of burning, three pastures, and two agroforestry systems \u2014 a range of land-use histories designed to capture the breadth of fire impacts on Amazonian soils. In addition to standard auger cores, the team excavated two trenches to one metre depth, carefully searching each layer for charcoal fragments. These samples are essential for dating ancient fire events in Amazonia: burn scars that can range from 500 to 10,000 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1619\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-trench-researcher-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Researcher sampling soil layers in a one-metre-deep trench in burned Amazonian forest, Acre, Brazil\" class=\"wp-image-3413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-trench-researcher-2024.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-trench-researcher-2024-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-trench-researcher-2024-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-trench-researcher-2024-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-trench-researcher-2024-1025x1536.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prof Ted Feldpausch sampling soil layers in a one-metre trench. Charcoal fragments extracted from different depths can date fire events going back thousands of years. Photo: Jo\u00e3o Pompeu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The campaign also supported a complementary soil respiration study led by PhD student Francisca Silvana Silva, enrolled in the Biodiversity and Biotechnology programme at UFAC. Eight permanent monitoring plots were established for monthly measurements of soil CO\u2082 flux using a portable EGM-5 analyser. The research is supervised by Prof. Dr. Marcos Silveira and Prof. Dr. Simone Reis (UFAC), with collaboration from Prof. Dr. Ted Feldpausch (University of Exeter) and Dr. Wanderlei Bieluczyk (CENA\/USP). This dataset will link to ongoing soil respiration work at sites in Santar\u00e9m (Par\u00e1), Confresa (Mato Grosso), and Quer\u00eancia (Mato Grosso).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-egm5-demonstration-2024.jpg\" alt=\"PhD student Silvana Silva and Dr. Simone Reis learning to operate the EGM-5 soil respiration analyser, Acre, Brazil\" class=\"wp-image-3417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-egm5-demonstration-2024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-egm5-demonstration-2024-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-egm5-demonstration-2024-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-egm5-demonstration-2024-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/acre-egm5-demonstration-2024-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prof. Ted Feldpausch demonstrating the EGM-5 soil respiration analyser to PhD student Francisca Silvana Silva and Dr. Simone Reis (UFAC). Photo: Jo\u00e3o Pompeu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Challenges in the field<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Fieldwork in Amazonia demands resilience. High temperatures and humidity make every day physically demanding, but the team faced a further test when an afternoon rainstorm transformed dirt roads into mud. After a long day, we still had to work to free two trucks that had become stuck in two separate locations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2026\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"After heavy rain, the road became impassable. 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