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Historical Tsunamis at the Costa Rican Caribbean Coast
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2021-04-22)
Aún cuando los tsunamis son poco frecuentes en el Caribe de Costa Rica, pueden llegar a ser destructivos. En Costa Rica existe la creencia errónea de que no hemos tenido tsunamis. Sin embargo, los autores encontraron ...
Environmental isotope applications in Latin America and the Caribbean region
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-11)
This Special Issue illustrates the use of environmental isotopes in studying and assessing hydrogeological and ecohydrological issues in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. The issue includes twenty selected ...
Rainfall, groundwater, and surface water isotope data from extreme tropical cyclones (2016-2019) within the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean basins
(Elsevier, 2020-06)
Under a changing climate, projections estimate that over the next thirty years, extreme Tropical Cyclones (TCs) will increase in frequency, with two to three times more Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic basin ...
Evaluación del potencial de tsunamis locales con base en análisis sismo-tectónico en el Caribe de Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2021-04-22)
En Costa Rica, pese a su relativa baja frecuencia, los tsunamis suponen un riesgo en las comunidades costeras. La integración de información geofísica y geológica permite la interpretación de posibles áreas de ruptura para ...
Dinámica y estructura poblacional del camarón de aguas someras Penaeus (Farfantepenaeus) notialis, en el Caribe colombiano con fines de manejo y conservación
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2021)
The Penaeus (Farfantepenaeus) notialis species supports the industrial shallow-water shrimp fishery in the Colombian Caribbean. Since 1986 a state of overexploitation was reached, worsened in 1996, leading to a drastic ...
Dinámica litoral y erosión costera en Cieneguita, Limón, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2022-09-19)
De acuerdo con Luijendijk et al. (2018), alrededor del 24% de las playas de arena del mundo presenta erosión, problema que ya se manifiesta en las costas del Mar Caribe (UNEP/GPA, 2003). El aumento en la frecuencia y energía ...
Actividades humanas, conocimiento y percepción sobre cocodrilos (Crocodylus acutus) y caimanes (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) en localidades del Caribe y Zona Norte de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2023)
Las poblaciones humanas que habitan las costas y las riberas de los ríos se han caracterizado históricamente por interactuar con especies de cocodrilianos debido a la cercanía de sus hábitats, cuyo solape ha incrementado ...
Genomic Characterization and Functional Description of Beauveria bassiana Isolates from Latin America
(MDPI, 2023-06-29)
Beauveria bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungus used in agriculture as a biological controller worldwide. Despite being a well-studied organism, there are no genomic studies of B. bassiana isolates from Central American ...
Characterizing tsunami signals from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai eruption and its effects on the Caribbean
(American Geophysical Union, 2022-12-13)
The Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai eruption of January 15 2022, was a rare geological event, resulting in atmospheric pressure waves being recorded around the world. The event caused significant environmental consequences, ...
Numerical modeling of tsunamis originated at Colombia-Ecuador Trench for Costa Rica
(IV Assembly of the Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission, LACSC 2022, 2022-10-04)
Costa Rica is exposed to tsunamis at both Pacific and Caribbean coasts. Costa Rica has experienced
41 tsunamis since 1746 with moderated impact (Chacón-Barrantes et al., 2021), but the coastal
population has increased ...