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  "path": "/editor-highlights/severe-2023-drought-sinking-carbon-sink-in-the-amazon",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-03T14:00:16.000Z",
  "site": "https://eos.org",
  "tags": [
    "Editors' Highlights",
    "AGU Advances",
    "Amazonia",
    "carbon cycle",
    "drought",
    "forests",
    "Hazards & Disasters",
    "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)",
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  "textContent": "Estimates of the carbon flux for the Amazon region depend upon the scale and method by which they are measured. Panel A shows that a satellite-based method and biogeochemical models estimated a net release of carbon for the whole basin in 2023, although the satellite-based estimate was smaller (indicated by the sizes of the upward yellow arrows). Panel B also shows a net release of carbon (upward yellow arrow) for the shaded region upwind (east) of a tall tower (ATTO) located in the central Amazon (indicated by a red triangle), using continuous CO 2 concentration measurements from the tower combined with a gas transport model. In contrast, panel C shows a net uptake of carbon for the local region immediately around the same tower using the eddy covariance method. Credit: Liu [2026], Figure 1",
  "title": "Severe 2023 Drought: Sinking Carbon Sink in the Amazon"
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