NGEE–Tropics

Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments

Tropical forests cover less than 7% of Earth's surface, but...

...tropical forests cycle more CO2, water, and energy than ANY other biome.

That cycling plays a major role in regulating Earth's climate.

NGEE-Tropics is advancing our understanding of tropical forest carbon cycling, and associated water and energy fluxes.

The future of tropical forests matter to future climate.
NGEE-Tropics is advancing model predictions of tropical forest carbon cycle responses to a changing climate over the 21st Century.

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Drought
CO2 and Temperature
Natural Disturbance
Anthropogenic Disturbance
Hydrology
Nutrient Constraints
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Figure for E3SM release 2018
New DOE Earth System Model Released
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) project, supported by the Office of Science in the Biological
Warm ENSO phase drives coordination between leaf and fruit phenology
Resource acquisition and reproductive strategies of tropical forest in response to the El Niño–Southern Oscillation The Science It has been
Hurricane Maria image from NOAA
Rapid assessment of Hurricane Maria’s impact to Puerto Rico forests
On the early morning of September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in southeast Puerto Rico as a strong Category
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Plant water potential improves prediction of empirical stomatal models
The Science We find that current leaf-level empirical models over-predict stomatal conductance during drought conditions and a recently proposed model
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