On my way to the Amazon!!! It was inevitable that I would make it to that sea of overwhelming life one day. I think it is appropriate that my first visit is for ecology research. This is exactly the reason (well, one of them) that I chose to pursue natural sciences.
The primary purpose of the trip is a two-week field course on tropical biogeochemistry. However, I'm going down a few days early and staying a few days late to work on a project I've been developing at Biosphere 2 in Arizona. I've made it one of the group projects, which I'll be leading, for the course.
The course is put together through the Amazon-PIRE program (Partnership for International Research and Education) lead by principal investigator, Scott Saleska at the University of Arizona. Several scientists who work at Biosphere 2 are taking part in the course. Joost Van Haren will be leading studies on soil gas efflux (gas emissions). Kolby Jardine and Trina Shartsis will be leading projects on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air. And there's me, Ty Taylor, leading a project on VOC emissions from plant leaves.
We'll arrive in Manaus on Sunday and head to the PIRE house, a convenient place recently acquired for PIRE researchers to use. On Monday morning I'll head to the field. The site is called Biodiversity Dynamics of Forest Fragments. I have to bring my own hammock and there will be no internet! (what a relief!) I'll be back in Manaus on Wednesday for a couple days off before the course.
Ty
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