A climbing trip in the Amazon rainforest

The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory is a German-Brazilian research project. Over 200 scientists from all over the world are working together here. They want to find out more precisely what impact the world’s largest rainforest has on our climate. They also want to understand how climate change and increasing deforestation are affecting the rainforest, and whether it will still be able to provide South America with rainfall in the future. After all, the rainforest creates its own rain! And it acts as the continent’s air-conditioning system. Huge ‘flying rivers’ transport water in the atmosphere from the Atlantic towards the Andes, travelling ever further south. But without the rainforest, it will become hotter and drier.

Climb the stepper on our tower model and experience how the view of the forest changes as you gain height.

If that’s too strenuous, you can experience the rainforest and the research station up close with VR glasses, or take a leisurely stroll through the fascinating photo exhibition.

Experience Amazon research up close with VR glasses: https://www.lndw-jena.de/programm/amazonas-forschung-hautnah

Photo exhibition ‘The Breath of the Rainforest’: https://www.lndw-jena.de/programm/der-atem-des-regenwaldes