Coastal wetlands function as the first line of natural defense for vulnerable coastal regions, particularly on the U.S. Gulf Coast where dense concentrations of energy infrastructure, urban development, shipping ports,… More
Understanding urban climate through measurements of surface-atmosphere exchanges Science Eddy covariance has become the standard method for measuring exchanges of biogeochemicals, water, and energy between ecosystems and the atmosphere…. More
Amartya Saha, Ecohydrologist/Instrumentation Specialist, Archbold Biological Station While summer in Florida means beaches, watermelons and swimming pools, it also routinely sees stormy weather that often reaches hurricane/cyclone/typhoon intensity. With wind… More
Through the AmeriFlux Rapid Response System Program, this field site (AmeriFlux Site ID: US-NC5) aims to quantify the benefits of active forest management and silvopasture to ecosystem services (carbon… More
AmeriFlux Rapid Response Loaner Enables Monitoring of Carbon Flux Dynamics From a Rapidly Thawing Retrogressive Thaw Slump in Arctic Alaska Kyle A. Arndt1, Susan M. Natali1, Patrick Murphy1, Christina Minions1,… More
While everyone else is looking for the first robins to return, flux scientists are hunting for that first beautiful, negative CO2 signal. Spring is almost here: the month of March… More
Instrument towers are not only the most visible part of eddy covariance flux sites, but are also the places where our experiences working as flux scientists are shaped and our… More
AmeriFlux-Loaned System Enables Critical Monitoring of Tropical Forest Response to Disturbance and Drought By Natalia Restrepo-Coupe1,2, Scott R. Saleska1, Raimundo Cosme Oliveira, Jr.3, and Rodrigo da Silva4 1 Ecology &… More
Scotty Creek 2.0: a boreal peatland complex recovering from a recent late-season wildfire (October 2022) by Oliver Sonnentag, Université de Montréal; Haley Alcock, Université de Montréal; Kyle A. Arndt, Woodwell… More
Mixed Severity Fire Impacts The Science Wildfire has a wide range of impacts on forest landscapes. In August 2020, US-Me2 experienced a mixed-severity fire that burned through the footprint. The… More