Brazil building Amazon observation tower to monitor climate change impact
Brazil building Amazon observation tower to monitor climate change impact
325-metre tower will gather data on heat, water, cloud formation, carbon absorption and weather patterns, newspaper reports
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The Amazon rainforest in Brazil.
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Brazil is building a giant observation tower in the heart of the Amazon to monitor climate change and its impact on the region's sensitive ecosystem, a newspaper has reported.
The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory is a project of Brazil's National Institute of Amazonian Research and Germany's Max Planck Institute, O Estado de São Paulo said.
The tower, which will rise 325 metres from the ground, will be equipped with high-tech instruments and an observatory to monitor relationships between the jungle and the atmosphere. It will gather data on heat, water, carbon gas, winds, cloud formation, carbon absorption and weather patterns.
The project has been seven years in the making, with a site finally being selected far from any human presence, about 100 miles from Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, project coordinator Antonio Manzi told the newspaper.
More:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/14/brazil-amazon-observation-platform
