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Empowering teachers and fostering pupil climate action in Welsh primary schools

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The Curriculum for Wales intends to help students understand and address climate change, but relies on teachers' knowledge and implementation thereof. This article focuses on “The Lifecycle of My Clothes”, a unit of work (UoW) developed by academics and practitioners. The UoW aimed to increase students' awareness of the environmental impact of
Jennifer A. Rudd, Shannon R. O'Connor, Geraldine Lublin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digitising biological collections to advance National Species Inventories: A case study from the flora of Chile

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
In response to Chile's public policy to establish a national biodiversity inventory and monitoring system, we launched the HerbarioDigital.cl portal. We have digitised over 120,000 specimens representing more than 3,900 species from two Chilean herbaria, integrating them through a curated local taxonomic index.
Ricardo A. Segovia, Juan M. Sáez, Francisco A. Squeo, Alicia E. Marticorena, Julián Caro, Pablo C. Guerrero   +5 more
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Natural preservation of tissues – Not so bad after all

Journal of Biological Research, 2005
We compared the preservation of antigens of various naturally mummified human tissues from the Atacama Desert, Southern Peru with matching samples from Egyptian mummies obtained from the Manchester Museum Mummified Tissue Bank.
Maria Jeziorska, Patricia Lambert-Zazulak, Otto Appenzeller, Rosalie David, Sonia E. Guillén   +4 more
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Microbial Hotspots in Lithic Microhabitats Inferred from DNA Fractionation and Metagenomics in the Atacama Desert

Microorganisms, 2021
The existence of microbial activity hotspots in temperate regions of Earth is driven by soil heterogeneities, especially the temporal and spatial availability of nutrients.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Daniel Lipus, Felix L. Arens, Mickael Baqué, Till L. V. Bornemann, Jean-Pierre de Vera, Markus Flury, Jan Frösler, Jacob Heinz, Yunha Hwang, Samuel P. Kounaves, Kai Mangelsdorf, Rainer U. Meckenstock, Mark Pannekens, Alexander J. Probst, Johan S. Sáenz, Janosch Schirmack, Michael Schloter, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Beate Schneider, Jenny Uhl, Gisle Vestergaard, Bernardita Valenzuela, Pedro Zamorano, Dirk Wagner   +24 more
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Assessment of Soiling Dynamics and Cleaning Efficiency for Photovoltaic Modules Under Different Dust Environments

Solar RRL, EarlyView.
A laboratory framework reproduces site‐specific soiling and cleaning dynamics of photovoltaic modules using real dusts from contrasting climates. Accelerated humidity–temperature cycling replicates 1 month of outdoor cementation in only ≈ 1.5 days.
John (Ioannis) A. Tsanakas, Jean Patrice Rakotoniaina, J. Montoya, Douglas Olivares Soza, Eric Pilat, Aitor Marzo, Valeria Del Campo, Edward Vidal Fuentealba, Martin Gaete, Jérémie Aimé, Delfina Muñoz   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atacama Field Campaign: laboratory and in-situ measurements for remote sensing applications

International Journal of Digital Earth, 2019
This work presents the preliminary results of the first field calibration campaign performed in the Atacama Desert, Chile, between the 18 and 22 August 2014, called the Atacama Field Campaign (ATAFIC 2014). In situ measurements were performed in order to
Cristian Mattar, Andrés Santamaría-Artigas, Flavio Ponzoni, Cibele T. Pinto, Carolina Barrientos, Glynn Hulley   +5 more
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Spectroscopic results from the Life in the Atacama (LITA) project 2004 field season [PDF]

, 2005
Analysis of spectroscopy datasets from rover field tests in the Atacama Desert (Chile), focusing on the composition of the surface and identification of potential habitats for ...
Apostolopoulos, D., Cabrol, N. A., Chong Diaz, G., Cockell, C., Coppin, P., Dohm, J. M., Fisher, G., Glasgow, J., Grin, E. A., Hock, A. N., Marinangeli, L., Minkley, N., Moersch, J. E., Ori, G. G., Piatek, J. L., Rampe, M., Smith, T., Stubb, K., Thomas, G., Waggoner, A., Wagner, M., Warren-Rhodes, K., Weinstein, S., Wettergreen, D. S., Whittaker, R., Wyatt, M.   +25 more
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Thirty Meter Telescope Site Testing I: Overview [PDF]

, 2009
As part of the conceptual and preliminary design processes of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), the TMT site testing team has spent the last five years measuring the atmospheric properties of five candidate mountains in North and South America with an ...
Blum, R., Bustos, E., Chanan, G., Djorgovski, S. G., Els, S., Gillett, P., Gregory, B., Nelson, J., Otarola, A., Riddle, R., Schoeck, M., Seguel, J., Skidmore, W., Travouillon, T., Vasquez, J., Walker, A., Walker, D., Wang, L.   +17 more
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Body Size Regulates Niche Overlap Asymmetry in the Subtropical Andes Rain Shadow: Isotopic Paleoecology of Oligocene South American Ungulates

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study provides the first isotopic analysis of Oligocene mammals from Quebrada Fiera, Mendoza, Argentina, filling a major gap in South American paleontology. It reveals a latitudinal gradient in aridity due to the Andean rain shadow and highlights the role of (semi)permanent water bodies in sustaining diverse herbivore communities. Additionally, it
Dánae Sanz‐Pérez, Santiago Hernández Del Pino, Esperanza Cerdeño, Manuel Hernández Fernández, Laura Domingo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

ENSAMBLES DE AVES EN EL DESIERTO DE ATACAMA, NORTE GRANDE DE CHILE AVIAN ASSEMBLAGES OF ATACAMA DESERT, FAR NORTH OF CHILE

Gayana, 2009
Se evaluó la riqueza y composición de especies de aves en el desierto de Atacama, Norte Grande de Chile, entre 1996 y 1998. Mediante transectos lineales se estimó la riqueza de especies de aves en 9 localidades del desierto de Atacama agrupadas en cuatro
Alberto Gantz, Jaime Rau, Enrique Couve
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