{"id":71060,"date":"2025-10-30T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=71060"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:39:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:09:53","slug":"amazonface-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/amazonface-project\/","title":{"rendered":"AmazonFACE Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>AmazonFACE Project Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists in Brazil have launched the AmazonFACE Project near Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About AmazonFACE Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a field experiment that exposes <\/span><b>mature tropical trees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>projected future CO2 concentrations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in an old-growth Amazon forest stand located <\/span><b>near Manaus, Brazil.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the first experiment in a natural forest of this size <\/span><b>in the tropics.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Technology:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The project uses <\/span><b>Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to increase understanding of the functioning of the world&#8217;s largest tropical forest in light of climate change.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Supported by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The project is supported by Brazil\u2019s <\/span><b>federal government and the United Kingdom.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Working of\u00a0 AmazonFACE Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six rings of steel towers loom above the jungle canopy, each surrounding <\/span><b>groups of 50 to 70 mature trees.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Scientists will fumigate trees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in three of the rings with <\/span><b>carbon dioxide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at levels simulating climate forecasts for coming decades, while the rest serve <\/span><b>as control samples.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sensors record the forest\u2019s response to <\/span><b>changing conditions like <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">absorption of <\/span><b>carbon dioxide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, oxygen and water vapor release in response to rain, storms and sunshine <\/span><b>every 10 minutes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/scientists-run-climate-time-machine-in-amazon-as-brazil-preps-for-cop30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AmazonFACE Project is a field experiment that exposes mature tropical trees to projected future CO2 concentrations in an old-growth Amazon forest stand. 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