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Why there is a need for this work
With recent interest and debate involving climate change there are often more questions raised than solutions presented. The subject of potential solutions involving the use of microbiology that our lab has discovered in the Amazon could be used to further the understanding of climate change and could potentially lead to a breakthrough in regulating the emission of greenhouse gasses.
Who are we and what are we doing to solve it
We are an ASU research lab that is dedicated to understand the ecology of carbon rich ecosystems, predictions on greenhouse gas flux in ecosystems, and development of different bioenergy and environmental remediation applications. During the excursion, our team of researchers will collaborate with a group of high school students from Peru and Arizona to have a hands on experience conducting real world research.
More details about past effort
In previous trips to the Amazon our lab has discovered that there is a large amount of greenhouse gases that may be contributing to climate change. We now know that the cause for this large amount is the microbes in the soil. These findings have allowed us to further our research in the area and educate young researchers.
A gift of this amount may allow the researchers to stay an extra day to make a breakthrough discovery.
A gift of this amount may allow us to collect green house gas samples from microbes 65 cm below the rain forest floor.
One dollar for each of the students that we plan on having involved in the collaborative Amazonian research within the next 5 years.
A contribution of this amount could cover the cost of a round trip flight for a student to travel 3,606 miles away to the Amazon
