Projects

Assessing the effects of past and future climate change on Amazonian biodiversity (CLAMBIO). PI: Prof. Dr. Cristiano Chiessi.

Past perspectives on tipping elements of the climate system: The Amazon rainforest and the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (PPTEAM). PI: Prof. Dr. Cristiano Chiessi.

The Amazon River freshwater plume during late Pleistocene and Holocene. Postdoctoral researcher: Dr. Stefano Crivellari.

Penultimate glacial-to-interglacial transition in northeastern South America and the adjacent ocean. Postdoctoral researcher: Dr. Marília Campos.

Carbon storage changes in the mid-depth South Atlantic during the penultimate glacial termination and the Anthropocene. Postdoctoral researcher: Dr. Bruna Borba Dias.

Environmental signals recorded in modern sediments of tropical South American rivers. Postdoctoral researcher: Dr. Dailson Bertassoli Jr.

Holocene vegetation and climate in the Anavilhanas Archipelago – Negro River – Amazonia. Postdoctoral researcher: Dr. Erika Rodrigues.

Thermal response of the western South Atlantic to the weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Younger Dryas. Postdoctoral researcher: Dr. Rodrigo Azevedo Nascimento.

Associated Projects

Trans-Amazon Drilling Project: origin and evolution of the forests, climate, and hydrology of the South American tropics. PI: Prof. Dr. Andre Sawakuchi.

A new approach for an open question: The effect of Atlantic meridional circulation collapse in South America precipitation. PI: Prof. Dr. Vinicius Mendes.

Impact of global monsoon circulation on water and sediment discharge from the São Francisco River into the South Atlantic Ocean. PI: Prof. Dr. Karlos Kochhann.

Microplastics in water and sediments in the Amazon River estuary. PI: Prof. Dr. Décio Luis Semensatto Junior.