Amazon rainforest: Air samples collected directly above the forest canopy (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Amazon rainforest: Air samples collected directly above the forest canopy

Caption

A 80-meter measurement tower near the ATTO research station in the Brazilian rainforest, 93 miles northeast of Manaus. At a height of 23 meters, directly above the forest canopy, the research team collected air samples every one and a half to three hours.

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Dom Jack, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

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