Santiago Botia

The Amazon rainforest experienced unusually high temperatures and atmospheric dryness in 2023. Observations from ATTO and further data revealed that the vegetation’s uptake of carbon was above average early in the year, but drastically reduced during the drought season, leading from a carbon sink into a source. more

Group leader: Santiago Botía
In the Atmosphere-Biosphere Signal Attribution (BSAT) research group our main objective is to understand tropical ecosystem dynamics, by investigating and monitoring changes in atmospheric trace gases like CO₂, CH₄ and CO. more