Because our research at ATTO touches on so many globally important questions, and of course because of tn majestic and unique sight of the tall tower, ATTO is frequently featured in the media: from TV documentaries to interviews and reports in print and online magazines. Often these reports are in a context about the role of the Amazon in climate change or the threats it faces from land use change and deforestation.
Here you can find a selection of reports about ATTO in the media around the world.
TV / Streaming
German
Wunder der Natur: Der Amazonas
Als größtes Regenwaldgebiet und mächtigster Fluss der Erde spielt der Amazonas eine wichtige Rolle für das ökologische Gleichgewicht unseres Planeten. Doch wie ist er entstanden? ZDFinfo besucht auf seiner Reise auch ATTO und gibt Einblicke in seine Rolle für das Klima, die fliegenden Flüsse, und was Pilze damit zu tun haben. Mit Sebastian Brill.
Program length: 44 Minuten
Watch: ZDF Mediathek (until June 2, 2026)
German
“Galileo”: 325 Meter über dem Amazonas: Welche Funktion hat der ATTO-Turm?
Inmitten des brasilianischen Amazonas befindet sich ein riesiger Forschungsturm, der höher als jeder andere Wolkenkratzer Südamerikas in den Himmel ragt. Doch wofür ist er gut?
Watch: ProSieben Mediathek (until June 2, 2026)
German
Checker Tobi und die Reise zu den fliegenden Flüssen
In CHECKER TOBI UND DIE REISE ZU DEN FLIEGENDEN FLÜSSEN dreht sich alles um eine geheimnisvolle Schatzkiste, die Tobi eines Tages erhält. Die Reise führt ihn nach Vietnam in die größte Höhle der Welt, in die berühmte Halong-Bucht mit ihren tausenden Kalksteininseln, über das stürmische südchinesische Meer, zu Pferde-Hirten in der mongolischen Steppe und zu Indigenen im Amazonas-Regenwald Brasiliens. Immer mit einem Ziel vor Augen: Das Rätsel der Schatzkiste zu lösen und die mysteriösen fliegenden Flüsse zu finden. Des Rätsels Lösung finden sie auf der Spitze des ATTO Turms. Mit Mira Pöhlker.
Program length: 92 Minuten
English
Balance – Biodiversity in the Americas
Natural wonders are plentiful in the Americas. However, the continent is presently facing an existential challenge brought about by human activity. Balance: Biodiversity in the Americas goes to the battlefields of this conflict, where a diverse array of people is doing the hard work required to keep these treasures from disappearing. Down in the Brazilian Amazon a group of engineers, scientists and researchers built a tower of 321 meters, the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory. The structure allows researchers to measure how the Amazon interacts with the atmosphere, from a molecular level to a global climate scale level. With Yago Santos.
Program length: 58 Minuten
Watch: CGNT media library
German, French
Die fliegenden Flüsse des Amazonas
Die Wolkenansammlungen über dem Regenwald des Amazonas enthalten riesige Wassermassen, mehr als der Amazonas selbst. Wenn diese “fliegenden Flüsse” auf die Anden treffen, werden sie in Richtung Süden gedrängt und regnen über den Städten Südamerikas ab. Seit mehr als 20 Jahren erforscht Professor Antonio D. Nobre das Geheimnis dieser Wasserströme in der Atmosphäre, aber auch an ATTO wird dazu geforscht. Mit Stefan Wolff und Alessandro Araújo.
Program length: 54 Minuten
Watch: arte Mediathek
Portuguese
Rios Voadores
As acumulações de nuvens sobre a floresta tropical amazônica contêm enormes massas de água, mais do que a própria Amazônia. Quando estes “rios voadores” atingem os Andes, eles são empurrados para o sul e chovem sobre as cidades da América do Sul. Há mais de 20 anos, o Professor Antonio D. Nobre vem pesquisando o mistério desses fluxos de água na atmosfera, mas também está sendo feita uma pesquisa sobre isso na ATTO. Com Stefan Wolff e Alessandro Araújo.
Program length: 54 minutes
English
AmazonTower Lab
Brazil is by far the most biologically-diverse country in the world. It’s home to over 130,000 living species of flora and fauna. Correspondent Maria Valls reports on how scientists study and protect one of Nature’s greatest sanctuaries: the Amazon rainforest. With Yago Santos and Rita Mesquita.
Program length: 11 Minuten
Watch: YouTube
Portogues
Fantástico: Quem vive ali?
Guardiões da ciência cuidam da maior torre de pesquisas climáticas do mundo, no coração da Floresta Amazônica. E para tudo funcionar, alguém precisa viver ali. O repórter Murilo Salviano visita o pessoal da ATTO Antonio Huxley, Amaury Rodrigues, Adi Vasconcelos e os cientistas Sabrina Garcia & Yago Rodrigues.
Program length: 11 minutes
Watch: Globo g1
German
“Klima-Update” zum Amazonas
Der “grünen Lunge der Erde” droht die Zerstörung
Brasiliens Amazonas-Regenwald verfügt nicht nur über eine gigantische Artenvielfalt und “fliegende Flüsse”. Er ist auch essenziell in der Bekämpfung der Klimakrise. Das “Klima-Update” widmet sich in dieser Folge der Lage im Amazonas-Becken.
Program length: 8 minutes
Watch: ntv Mediathek
Portoguese
Projeto na Amazônia pesquisa influência da Floresta no clima
Relatório detalhado da ATTO no Globo News com Beto Quesada, Bruno Takeshi, Delano Campos e Fernando Gonçalves Morais, mostrando o acampamento, a Torre Alta e o local do Campina.
Program length: 12 min
German
hallo deutschland – Deutscher Meteorologe im Amazonas
Seit zehn Jahren arbeitet Stefan Wolff für das Max-Plank-Institut für Chemie in Manaus im Amazonas. Nicht weit weg steht das „Amazon Tall Tower Observatory“: Eine Forschungsstation, die den Einfluss des Menschen auf das Weltklima untersuchen soll. Regelmäßig kommt Stefan Wolff hierher, um die Messanlagen zu kontrollieren.
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English, German
A Perfect Planet: Humans
The documentary series by David Attenborough explores how the forces of nature drive, shape and support Earth’s great diversity of life.
The final episode “Humans” then focuses on how we are changing our planet so rapidly, it’s affecting Earth’s life support systems: our weather, our oceans and the living world. But it also talks about people working to preserve this perfect planet, like scientists at ATTO measuring greenhouse gases to better understand the effects of climate change.
- Program length:
- 60 min
- Watch:
- iBBC Player
ZDF Mediathek
English
Berlin Science Week Deep Dives
In this Deep Dive video Florian Wittmann, Professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Head of the Department of Wetland Ecology, and Eliane Gomes Alves, Biologist at the Max Planck Institute für Biogeochemistry, tell the story of this unique international project, explain why interdisciplinary research is essential to understanding our natural surroundings and how we can use it to prevent the worsening of the climate crisis.
- Program length:
- 13 min
- Watch:
- YouTube
German
Wissen Was: Schwerste Waldbrände im Amazonas-Regenwald
Als Teil der YouTube Reihe “Wissen Was” der Max Planck Gesellschaft, erklärt Influencer Doktor Whatson warum der Amazonas Regenwald so wichtig ist. Im Interview mit Susan Trumbore spricht er außerdem über ihre Forschung.
- Program length:
- 18 min
- Watch:
- YouTube
English & others
Connected – the hidden science of everything
Science reporter and host Latif Nasser investigates the fascinating and intricate ways that we are connected to each other, the world and the universe at large.
Episode 3 “Dust” follows the dust from the Saharan desert across the Atlantic all the way to the Amazon Rainforest, to ATTO.
- Program length:
- 39 min
- Watch:
- Netflix
Portoguese
No meio da Floresta Amazônica, 150 pesquisadores desenvolvem estudos com ajuda de 3 torres
É uma parceria entre o Brasil e a Alemanha. A mais alta tem 325 metros e é a maior torre de pesquisas climáticas do mundo.
- Program length:
- 7 min
- Watch:
- GloboPlay
English
Goodbye Earth (3/3): How Brazil’s Government Is Silencing Scientists
Scientists in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are collecting vital data showing how our climate is changing. But now, their work is under direct attack by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. In this final episode of Goodbye Earth’s Amazon series, AJ+ science and environment correspondent Gelarah Darabi meets the scientists who’ve made the Amazon their home and laboratory. As she climbs the highest tower in South America, she learns how science is being silenced by Brazil’s government.
- Program length:
- 11 min
- Watch:
- YouTube
English / German
One Strange Rock – with Will Smith
The National Geographic documentary One Strange Rock tells the extraordinary story of Earth and why it is special and uniquely brimming with life among a largely unknown but harsh cosmic arena.
In its first episode “Gasp”, it talks about the unlikely and unexpectedly interconnected systems that allow life on our planet to breathe – including the fertilization on the Amazon with dust from the Sahara and the “river in the sky” above the rainforest. In this context, the documentary features ATTO and some stunning images captured from the top of our tall tower.
- Program length:
- 47 min
- Watch:
- Netflix (US, UK, DE, BZ and many more)
German
Terra X: Die Vermessung der Erde (2/2) – mit Harald Lesch
Die zweiteilige Dokumentation verknüpft die Erkenntnisse der Geschichte mit den Expeditionen moderner Forscher im 21. Jahrhundert und macht deutlich, dass die Forschungsreise über die Vermessung der Erde noch lange nicht zu Ende ist.
Während sich in der ersten Folge alles darum gedreht hat, wie unsere Vorfahren vermessen haben, liegt der Fokus in der zweiten Folge auf der heutigen Zeit. Hier kommt ATTO ins Spiel. Das Filmteam besuchte das Observatorium und berichtet über unsere Arbeit im Amazonas.
- Beitragslänge:
- 43 min
- Anschauen:
- ZDF Mediathek (Video verfügbar bis 07.04.2029)
German
ARD Mittagsmagazin: ATTO-Turm im Amazonas-Gebiet – Klimaprojekt der Zukunft
1.500 Stufen in Richtung Himmel: Für Klimaforscher aus Deutschland und Brasilien ist ein Traum wahr geworden. Mit dem Atto-Turm wollen sie die Klimaforschung im größten Regenwald der Welt entscheidend voranbringen und die Zusammenhänge von Erderwärmung und Treibhausgasen untersuchen.
150 Kilometer nördlich von Manaus steht der Atto-Turm, 325 Meter hoch, höher als der Eiffelturm. Ein Meilenstein, um umweltpolitische Regelungen und globale Klimaziele weiterzuentwickeln. Mehr als ein Jahr wurde an dem Stahlkoloss gebaut, die Kosten von fast 8,5 Mio Euro teilen sich Deutschland und Brasilien.
- Beitragslänge:
- 3 min
- Anschauen:
- YouTube
Portuguese
Nova Amazônia: Torre ATTO
Construída em meio à floresta amazônica, na Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Uatumã, a Torre ATTO (em inglês, Amazon Tall Tower Observatory) é o maior projeto de cooperação científica entre Brasil e Alemanha, erguida num momento chave de debate das mudanças climáticas no Brasil. A apresentadora Barbarah Israel encontra os cientistas no meio da floresta e topa o desafio de subir os 325 metros da Torre ATTO!. Confira o último episódio da Terceira Temporada do Nova Amazônia!
- Duração do programa:
- 3 min
- (não mais disponível)
Portuguese
TV Folha: Cientistas constroem torre maior do que a Eiffel no meio da Amazônia
A mais alta estrutura construída na América do Sul não é um arranha-céu e não é uma antena de comunicação.
Com 325 metros –um a mais que a torre Eiffel–, ficou pronta em janeiro no meio da floresta amazônica a torre do projeto ATTO (Amazon Tall Tower Observatory), em São Sebastião do Uatumã (AM), que servirá para estudar a interação entre a mata e o clima.
A torre é basicamente um espigão preso por cabos, instalados numa área 156 km ao norte de Manaus, sem nenhum centro urbano perto. De lá, seguindo para o norte, até o Atlântico, só existe mata.
- Duração do programa:
- 5 min
- Olhar:
- YouTube
Radio
Online
The article is also available in German and Portuguese.
Acclaimed science writer Ferris Jabr reveals a radical new vision of Earth where lush forests spew water, pollen, and bacteria to summon rain; giant animals engineer the very landscapes they roam; microbes chew rock to shape continents; and microscopic plankton, some as glittering as carved jewels, remake the air and sea.
His research also took him to ATTO, where he learned about the hydrological cycle, the crucial role plants play in the evapotranspiration of water, and that of the biosphere in forming clouds.
Becoming Earth is an exhilarating journey through the hidden workings of our planetary symphony—its players, its instruments, and the music of life that emerges—and an invitation to reexamine our place in it. How well we play our part will determine what kind of Earth our descendants inherit for millennia to come.
A TORRE, A AMAZÔNIA E O AQUECIMENTO GLOBAL
No meio da floresta, uma torre de 325 metros de altura busca entender a relação da mata com a atmosfera e ajuda cientistas a calcular os impactos das mudanças climáticas – inclusive, para um eventual futuro sem a própria Amazônia.
Let’s Save the Amazon
Discover why we must protect the Amazon from climate change.
Bursting with all kinds of life, the Amazon is one of the most incredible places on Earth. This richly illustrated picture book brings to life this extraordinary region for young children, exploring its tropical rainforest and scenic landscapes. It showcases the lush wildlife, diverse communities and life-saving medicines that can all be found there and therefore why it is so important that we act to protect this special part of the planet from the impact of climate change.
MaxPlanckResearch contains a wide variety of articles about research going on at the institutes of the Max Planck Society. All articles are written in an informative and easy-to-read manner and are ideal for members of the general public including school students who would like to keep informed about the latest developments in scientific research.
In Issue 4/2019:
This summer, there were more forest fires in Brazil than virtually any on record. Susan Trumbore, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, is looking at the consequences that the immense loss of rainforest has on the local, as well as global climate. She also examines the likelihood of a forest recovering from a fire. If only it is given the chance.
WAS IST WAS Klima
Die viereinhalb Milliarden Jahre dauernde Geschichte der Erde ist zugleich die Geschichte des Klimas. Seit der Entstehung unseres Heimatplaneten hat sich das Klima immer wieder verändert. Es hat den Planeten geformt und Leben entstehen und vergehen lassen.
Wie konnte die Erde Leben hervorbringen, und wie das Eiszeitalter den Menschen? Was hat das Verschwinden der Dinosaurier mit dem Klima zu tun? Warum stellen dieselben Gase eine Bedrohung dar?
Neben Antworten auf diese Fragen beschäftigt sich das Buch auch mit der Klimaforschung, dem Klimawandel und damit, was jeder Einzelne zum Schutz des Klimas beitragen kann.