GoKawiilAmazon FACE experiment nears launch to test forest's CO2 response
Researchers led by climatologist David Lapola of Brazil's State University of Campinas have built six ring-shaped towers rising above the canopy 80 kilometres north of Manaus for the AmazonFACE project. The decade-long experiment will expose sections of rainforest to elevated carbon dioxide levels to observe how trees and the surrounding ecosystem respond.
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The findings could clarify whether the Amazon will keep absorbing carbon as CO2 levels rise or whether its capacity to store carbon will decline, a question with major implications for global climate models. Because the project runs over ten years, it may offer one of the most direct, long-term tests of how a tropical forest reacts to future atmospheric conditions rather than relying solely on simulations.
- AmazonFACE involves six canopy-level towers built 80km north of Manaus, Brazil
- The project is led by climatologist David Lapola of Unicamp and is set to launch within months
- It will run for a decade, testing forest response to elevated future CO2 levels
Source: nature.com, 2026-10-09
Published there as: “An experiment to glimpse the future Amazon — in pictures”
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