We are tracking the evolution of fires in the Amazon. Please check out the Global Fire Emissions Database website for daily updates. The number of fires in the Legal Amazon was unusually high and fire temperatures were considerably above normal at the time of this blog post. The GFED near real time analysis is consistent with earlier reports by INPE of an uptick in fire activity that is linked with deforestation.
Audrey Odwuor awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Audrey for her selection this spring as a recipient of an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Audrey's thesis work is on using isotope measurements of fire emissions from the Amazon and the western US to quantify characteristics about fuel...