Drought sensitivity of the Amazon is published
Phillips and colleagues report the 2005 drought's effect on the RAINFOR plot network in Science, providing the first direct field measurement that Amazonian forest carbon uptake is conditional on rainfall rather than a stable property of the biome. It reframes the Amazon in the carbon accounts from an asset to a contingency.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- The 2005 Amazon Drought · natural phenomenon · Brazil, Peru, Bolivia · not located
- The Southeastern Amazon as a Carbon Source · ecological phenomenon · Brazil · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest
Supports the finding that the 2005 drought reversed the Amazon forest carbon sink measured on the RAINFOR permanent plot network. V55 verification basis: not retrieved in this session; the quantified carbon impact is deliberately not stated because it could not be checked.
Science (AAAS) · 2009 · Partly verified
Phillips, O. L. and colleagues, Science, volume 323 (2009), page 1344
Recorded on The 2005 Amazon Drought
- A drought in the southwestern basin reverses the carbon sink
- Drought sensitivity of the Amazon is published
- Aircraft profiles show the eastern Amazon emitting more carbon than it absorbs
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