Lecture 'Meet the expert with dr. Santiago Botia: Amazon carbon cycle response to exceptional heat and drought in 2023'
- For whom
- Employees , Students
- When
- 21-10-2024 from 13:00 to 14:30
- Where
- Auditorium 3, Building A, Fac. Bio-science engineering, Campus Coupure, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent
- Language
- English
- Organizer
- Prof dr ir Hans Verbeeck, Department of Environment, Q-Forest Lab - Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Contact
- kim.jacobsen@ugent.be
Meet the expert with dr. Santiago Botia (MPI Biogeochemistry, Jena). The Amazon rainforest plays a crucial role in regulating the global carbon cycle, yet it is increasingly threatened by climate change, deforestation, and extreme weather events.
Dr. Santiago Botia's research on the "Amazon Carbon Cycle Response to Exceptional Heat and Drought in 2023" addresses these urgent issues by providing cutting-edge insights into how the forest is responding to unprecedented heatwaves and droughts.
Understanding these dynamics is vital for predicting future carbon fluxes and for informing both environmental policy and climate change mitigation strategies. The research has significant societal relevance, as disruptions to the Amazon's carbon storage could accelerate global warming, with far-reaching impacts on biodiversity, agriculture, and weather patterns worldwide.
Dr Santiago Botia leads the Atmosphere-Biosphere Signal Attribution in the Tropics research group at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry.