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Unlocking the fog: assessing fog collection potential and need as a complementary water resource in arid urban lands–the Alto Hospicio, Chile case

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Water scarcity is a rising issue in fast-growing cities in arid lands, where demand outpaces supply. This leads to non-renewable water systems and exacerbates social inequalities.
Virginia Carter, Virginia Carter, Nathalie Verbrugghe, Felipe Lobos-Roco, Felipe Lobos-Roco, Camilo del Río, Camilo del Río, Francisco Albornoz, Francisco Albornoz, Ahmed Z. Khan   +9 more
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Characteristic Length Governing Soil Evaporation in Layered Sands

Water Resources Research, Volume 62, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract In arid and semi‐arid regions, ecosystems exist with shallow water tables, where evaporation is a key component of the water balance. However, systematically addressing soil evaporation remains challenging due to differing interpretations of the mechanisms that control it.
Jorge Renaud, Jiří Šimůnek, Alberto de la Fuente, Francisco Suárez   +3 more
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Assessment of Soiling Dynamics and Cleaning Efficiency for Photovoltaic Modules Under Different Dust Environments

Solar RRL, Volume 10, Issue 6, 29 March 2026.
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
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Microstratigraphy and Site Formation Processes at Quebrada Jaguay 280 (Peru)

Geoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT This study presents a microanalytical, geoarchaeological study of Quebrada Jaguay (QJ)‐280, a Terminal Pleistocene–Holocene coastal site in southern Peru. Combining micromorphology, µXRF and µFTIR, we develop a site formation model that also reassesses site use and forager behaviour.
Sarah A. Meinekat, Emily B. P. Milton, Daniela P. Osorio, Susan M. Mentzer, Christopher E. Miller, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Kurt Rademaker   +6 more
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How many cows are in the desert? Molecular phylogeny and species delimitation of the genus Gyriosomus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) from the Atacama Desert

Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.
The newly systematic rearrangement of Gyriosomus recognizes 9 clades, validates 21 taxonomical species and suggests 12 synonyms and 12 species candidates. Three taxonomical species were not evaluated. Polymorphisms, convergences and crypsis have been detected, and therefore morphology‐based taxonomy should be approached with caution. Ecological drivers
Simón Anguita‐Salinas, Marcelo Guerrero, Víctor M. Diéguez, Pablo Pinto, Sebastián Larrea‐Meza, Alfonso Jara‐Flores, Reinhard Predel, Álvaro Zúñiga‐Reinoso   +7 more
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Written in bones: palaeoclimate histotaphonomic history inferred from a complete Megatherium skeleton preserved in the Atacama Desert

Palaeontology, Volume 68, Issue 4, July/August 2025.
Abstract A nearly complete and relatively well‐preserved skeleton of the giant ground sloth Megatherium sp. in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert reveals how climate related taphonomic processes drastically transformed these remains over time.
Luisa Straulino Mainou, Jacqueline Correa‐Lau, Rafael Labarca, Natalia A. Villavicencio, Vivien G. Standen, Susana Monsalve, Paula C. Ugalde, Sergey Sedov, Teresa Pi Puig, Alan Ulises Loredo‐Jasso, Francisco J. Caro, Gabriela M. Jarpa, Patricia Hernández‐Michaud, Claudio Latorre, Calogero M. Santoro   +14 more
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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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Establishing Historical Baselines of Arthropod Assemblages Using Rodent Paleomiddens

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 34, Issue 2, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Arthropods are under‐represented in paleoecological studies but are critical agents in ecological processes. Despite rigorous documentation of diverse arthropod assemblages from ancient rodent (or paleo) middens worldwide, their use for studying ancient arthropod diversity has stalled in recent decades. Here, we review published studies to
Joseph Braasch, Julio Betancourt, Olivier Dézerald, Udari Peiris, Maura Tapia‐Rozas, Cristian Villagra, Claudio Latorre, Angélica L. González   +7 more
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La guerra atacameña del siglo XVI: Implicancias y trascendencia de un siglo de insurrecciones indígenas en el despoblado de Atacama

Estudios Atacameños, 1984
La conquista hispana de Atacama: Episodio marginal de la Conquista Los adelantos hispanos que a partir de 1535 se asignaron la tarea de allanar para el Imperio las todavía anónimas comarcas del mediodía chileno, vislumbraron en el Desierto de Atacama ...
Eduardo Téllez
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Género nuevo y especie nueva de Physogasterini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) del norte de Chile, con una clave para los géneros de la tribu

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2021
Se describen un nuevo género y una nueva especie de Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) para la Región de Atacama, Chile. Este género nuevo pertenece a la tribu Physogasterini y es morfológicamente similar a Philorea y Physogaster, pero los machos presentan una ...
Marcos Ferrú, Margarita Ruiz de Gamboa
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