Back to profile profile_subnav_contactperson - prof.dr. W (Wouter) Peters Dossier Amazon The weather in the Amazon is more often dry nowadays and when it is, the world's biggest rainforest produces vast quantities of CO2. This may be the... News Drought imperils carbon sequestration in European forests 18 oktober 2023 | Drought imperils carbon sequestration in European forests - WUR News Drought imperils carbon sequestration in European forests Published on October... Global carbon emissions rebound close to pre-Covid levels 4 november 2021 | Global carbon emissions in 2021 are set to rebound close to pre-Covid levels, according to the Global Carbon Project. Fossil carbon emissions dropped... Decline in carbon uptake Southeast Amazon 14 juli 2021 | The capacity of the Amazon rainforest to take up CO₂ from the atmosphere is declining. Repeated measurements of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and... Extreme drought had less impact on carbon uptake of forests than expected 26 april 2016 | As the climate warms, droughts are expected to become more extreme and more frequent. During the past two decades, large areas in the USA have... ERC grant of 2.3 million for Wouter Peters’ Amazon research 28 januari 2015 | “We’re going to measure things that have never before been measured in an area we know far too little about. I’m convinced...