2 Topic Commentaries

How El Niño Reshaped Emissions in the Amazon

How El Niño Reshaped Emissions in the Amazon

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  James T. Randerson, PhD

  Earth system science; carbon cycle–wildfire–climate interactions; tropical forests

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  University of California, Irvine

  Just as El Nino is known to have an impact on precipitation in the western United States, it also affects the Amazon, but in that case it causes drier conditions.

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  Douglas C. Morton, PhD

  Tropical forest fires; remote sensing; fire emissions and the carbon cycle

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  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  Severe drought conditions at the start of the dry season set the stage for extreme fire risk in 2016 across the southern Amazon.

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