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The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Fog and dew represent minor components of ecosystem water budgets in most ecosystems. However, fog and dew can play an essential role in ecosystem dynamics and are particularly important for water‐limited systems. In addition to serving as direct water inputs, fog and dew can influence microclimate and water redistribution, thereby promoting ...
Lixin Wang, Yue Li, Mengyun Sun, Na Qiao
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a revision of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), with estimation of the diversity of each subgenus [PDF]

, 2014
A review of the subgenera of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Pimeliinae: Praociini) is presented. Praocis comprises 77 species and 8 subspecies arranged in nine subgenera distributed in arid lands from Central Peru and Bolivia to the ...
Flores, Gustavo Ernesto, Pizarro Araya, Jaime   +1 more
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Elevational variation in heart mass and suppression of hypoxia‐induced right ventricle hypertrophy in Andean leaf‐eared mice (Phyllotis)

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend In lowland mammals that ascend to high elevation, hypoxia‐induced changes in the pulmonary circulation can give rise to hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (HPH) and associated right‐ventricle (RV) hypertrophy. Andean mice with broad elevational ranges have greater heart mass relative to body size at higher elevations, but they ...
Naim M. Bautista, Nathanael D. Herrera, Marcial Quiroga‐Carmona, Chandrasekhar Natarajan, Adriana Rico‐Cernohorska, Jorge Salazar Bravo, Graham R. Scott, Guillermo D'Elía, Zachary A. Cheviron, Jay F. Storz   +9 more
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Fog_Hive© : 3D fog collection along the coastal Atacama desert [PDF]

, 2012
The provision of drinking water turns out to be one of the great challenges for the future because central water supply systems cannot technically or logistically be implemented. FogHive©'s main aim is stopping desertification by repairing endangered fog
Suau, Cristian
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Terrestrial Analogs to Titan for Geophysical Research

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 64, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract Saturn's moon Titan exhibits remarkable parallels to the Earth in many geophysical and geological processes not found elsewhere in the solar system at the present day. These include a nitrogen atmosphere with a condensible gas—methane—replacing the Earth's water, leading to an active meteorology with rainfall and surface manifestations ...
Conor A. Nixon, Samuel Birch, Audrey Chatain, Charles Cockell, Kendra K. Farnsworth, Peter M. Higgins, Stéphane Le Mouélic, Rosaly M. C. Lopes, Michael J. Malaska, Mohit Melwani Daswani, Kelly E. Miller, Catherine D. Neish, Olaf G. Podlaha, Jani Radebaugh, Lauren R. Schurmeier, Ashley Schoenfeld, Krista M. Soderlund, Anezina Solomonidou, Christophe Sotin, Nicholas A. Teanby, Tetsuya Tokano, Steven D. Vance   +21 more
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An Atacama subsurface tephra layer reveals how life colonized Kenorland in the Neoarchean

Scientific Reports
Much has been published on the microbiology of the Atacama Desert, the driest and oldest place on Earth, but little is known about how microbial life is able to permanently colonize this extremely harsh environment.
Armando Azua-Bustos, Carlos González-Silva, Daniel Carrizo, Laura Sánchez-García, Maite Fernández-Sampedro, Thanh Quy Dang, Cristian Vargas-Carrera, Victoria Muñoz-Iglesias, María Paz Martin-Redondo, Pedro Mustieles-del-Ser, Olga Prieto-Ballesteros, Jacek Wierzchos   +11 more
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Policy, Waste, and Power: Textile Dumping in Chile's Atacama Desert

Latin American Policy, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Globally, 87% of textile fibers end up incinerated or in landfills, with Chile bearing the brunt of this crisis. Every year, 39,000 tons of discarded clothing are illegally dumped in the Atacama Desert, turning it into a sacrifice zone for the Global North's waste economy.
Emma Minerva Brambilla
wiley   +1 more source

Prehistoric psychotropic consumption in Andean Chilean mummies [PDF]

, 2007
Hallucinogenic plants are often regarded as the main source of psychoactive drugs in antiquity to reach deep altered states of consciousness^1,2^. Many researchers believe this was particularly true during the Tiwanaku empire expansion, circa (500-1000 A.
Bernardo T. Arriaza, Elia Soto, Juan P. Ogalde   +2 more
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The Physics of Galaxy Cluster Outskirts [PDF]

, 2019
As the largest virialized structures in the universe, galaxy clusters continue to grow and accrete matter from the cosmic web. Due to the low gas density in the outskirts of clusters, measurements are very challenging, requiring extremely sensitive ...
Akamatsu, Hiroki, Eckert, Dominique, Ettori, Stefano, Ghirardini, Vittorio, Mroczkowski, Tony, Nagai, Daisuke, Okabe, Nobuhiro, Simionescu, Aurora, Walker, Stephen   +8 more
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Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Evidence of Genetic Bottleneck in Geoffroea decorticans (Fabaceae): Implications for Conservation

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.
We documented genetic variation, population structure, and bottleneck signals in Geoffroea decorticans (Fabaceae) populations across the Atacama Desert and emphasize the urgency of genetic monitoring. Conservation plans should prioritize populations based on genetic information including those with low diversity, strong bottleneck signals and high ...
Roberto Contreras, Mariana Arias‐Aburto, Cecilia Bessega   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source