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
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
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
AmeriFlux partners with Corteva Agriscience to study carbon balance in pastures While March is still wintery in many parts of the country, on the Coleman ranch near Peculiar, MO, the… More
Phoenix Metropolitan area: A perfect place to understand land-atmospheric energy and CO2 exchange in hot environments Science Urbanization changes the local environment, affecting water, energy, and carbon balances and their… More
The encroachment of woody species such as mangrove invading coastal marshes is expected to change the carbon storage in the soils and biomass as well as exchanges with the atmosphere.
The Science How will forests cope as droughts become more frequent and severe? Piñon-juniper woodlands in the American Southwest are a model system for understanding the effects of drought on… More
Rice can be grown with a lower climate impact.