Multidecadal variability of the continental precipitation annual amplitude...
As the water vapor content in the atmosphere scales with temperature, a warmer world is expected to feature an intensification of the hydrological cycle. Work to date has mainly focused on mean...
View ArticleDumping dirty diesels in Latin America: reducing black carbon and air...
Recent studies have shown that black carbon, a component of particulate matter (PM), is the second most powerful climate warming pollutant after carbon dioxide (CO2), and international experts have linked
View ArticleChanges in observed climate extremes in global urban areas
Climate extremes have profound implications for urban infrastructure and human society, but studies of observed changes in climate extremes over the global urban areas are few, even though more than half
View ArticleStatistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2014
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has released the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2014. The annual Yearbook provides a statistical overview of
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Effects of large-scale deforestation on precipitation in the monsoon regions:...
Large-scale deforestation could cause monsoon
View ArticleClimate and land use change impacts on global terrestrial ecosystems and...
A new generation of an Earth system model now includes a number of land-surface processes directly relevant to analyzing potential impacts of climate change. This model, HadGEM2-ES, allows us to assess
View ArticleLeft behind: chronic poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean- overview
By most measures, the 2000s were one of the most impressive decades for economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). With the exception of 2009, the region s gross domestic product per
View ArticleThree decades of multi-dimensional change in global leaf phenology
Changes in the phenology of vegetation activity may accelerate or dampen rates of climate change by altering energy exchanges between the land surface and the atmosphere and can threaten species with...
View ArticleDrought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia
In 2005 and 2010 the Amazon basin experienced two strong droughts, driven by shifts in the tropical hydrological regime possibly associated with global climate change, as predicted by some global models.
View ArticlePb pollution from leaded gasoline in South America in the context of a...
Exploitation of the extensive polymetallic deposits of the Andean Altiplano in South America since precolonial times has caused substantial emissions of neurotoxic lead (Pb) into the atmosphere; however,
View ArticleBiomass burning related ozone damage on vegetation over the Amazon forest: a...
The HadGEM2 earth system climate model was used to assess the impact of biomass burning on surface ozone concentrations over the Amazon forest and its impact on vegetation, under present-day climate...
View ArticleCropland/pastureland dynamics and the slowdown of deforestation in Latin America
Latin America has the planet's largest land reserves for agriculture and had the most rapid agricultural expansion during the twenty-first century. A large portion of the expansion replaced forests, as
View ArticleEnding poverty and hunger by 2030: an agenda for the global food system
With 800 million people going to bed hungry every night, countries combating hunger must build better food systems that raise agricultural productivity in rural areas, invest in improving nutritional...
View ArticleHow many more?
Each week at least two people are being killed for taking a stand against environmental destruction. Some are shot by police during protests, others gunned down by hired assassins. As companies go in...
View ArticleStudy blames global warming for 75 percent of very hot days
If you find yourself sweating out a day that is monstrously hot, chances are you can blame humanity. A new report links three out of four such days to man's effects on climate. And as climate change...
View ArticleProspects for malaria elimination in Mesoamerica and Hispaniola
Malaria remains endemic in 21 countries of the American continent with an estimated 427,000 cases per year. Approximately 10% of these occur in the Mesoamerican and Caribbean regions. During the last...
View ArticlePrevalence and transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in people of rural...
Vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi is seen exclusively in the Americas where an estimated 8 million people are infected with the parasite. Significant research in southern Peru has been...
View ArticleToward universal health coverage and equity in Latin America and the...
Since the early 2000s, Latin America and the Caribbean has seen meaningful progress toward universal health coverage with an additional 46 million people in nine countries having at least nominal...
View ArticleLaboratory rodent diets contain toxic levels of environmental contaminants:...
The quality of diets in rodent feeding trials is crucial. We describe the contamination with environmental pollutants of 13 laboratory rodent diets from 5 continents. Measurements were performed using
View ArticleEquity and the energy trilemma: delivering sustainable energy access in low...
The issue of energy access for the poor is gaining momentum globally. This collection of papers by early-career researchers draws on in-depth field research in Latin America, Asia and Africa to explore
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