Submission by Environmental Defense and the Amazon Institute for Environmental Research (IPAM) to the XXVI Session of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), February 23 2007.
Seasonal and interannual variability of climate and vegetation indices across the Amazon
Drought exerts a strong influence on tropical forest metabolism, carbon stocks, and ultimately the flux of carbon to the atmosphere. Satellite-based studies have suggested that Amazon forests green up during droughts because of increased sunlight, whereas field...