Puede vivir más de un siglo sin florecer y, cuando finalmente lo hace, muere poco después. Es una de las plantas más grandes ...

In recent decades, gold mining in Peru is no longer only taking place in the Andean areas but also in the Amazon. There, illegal miners are increasingly exploiting the precious metal found in alluvial ...

Researchers show that rivers in the Andean mountains contribute 35% and 72% of riverine emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) and methane (CH4 ) in the Amazon basin, the world's largest river. There are ...

There are three important macro-regions where geographic conditions are favorable for mining extraction: The Amazon Craton, the Andes Mountains and the Western Amazon Sedimentary Plain. Geophysicists ...

Surprisingly, they are frequently given less prominence on winegrowers’ priority lists in comparison to factors such as terroir, weather, and rainfall. However, due to the influence of global warming, ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Aug., 2004), pp. 243-250 (8 pages) In the Andean Cordillera, natural grasslands above 2500 m are used for livestock grazing. Few studies on the ...

The high elevation of the Andes Cordillera make surveillance of these volcanic structures complicated and restricting. Researchers recently investigated a volcanic complex located on the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Trichomycterus minus, new species, is described from an Andean stream in Provincia de Catamarca, Argentina. The species is distinguished from ...