GrassRoots – teaching in the local communities

22 August 2022 | Category: CloudRoots Amazonia

This blog was written by Martin Janssens and Oscar Hartogensis We have now spent two weeks in the fantastic care of the ATTO community. We have received help from co-researchers, camp staff, senior officials and technicians at every turn of the project. We are extremely grateful. Therefore, we are very…

Radiation in the rainforest

18 August 2022 | Category: CloudRoots Amazonia

We opened this series of blogs by asking “does the rainforest talk to the clouds?” The post “I want one” puts us in a good position to understand how we measure this: through the turbulent exchange of heat and moisture between the rainforest canopy and the overlying atmosphere, captured e.g….

Até ATTO!

2 August 2022 | Category: CloudRoots Amazonia

Monday morning 0600. Dawn breaks over the metropolis that is Manaus. The city is fully awake and the sound of accelerating scooters, heavy engines and car horns already fill the air. If it weren’t for the heat, humidity and dots of convection that already punctuate the sky, this could be…