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Geomorphology, land use, and environmental impacts in a densely populated urban catchment of Costa Rica
(2021)The Torres River is one of the most urbanized catchments in Costa Rica, with only 46.67 km2 and approximately 50% of its area have urban land uses comprising nearly 13% of the national population. The quick rural-urban ... -
Multidecadal biogeomorphic dynamics of a deltaic mangrove forest in Costa Rica
(2021)Térraba-Sierpe National Wetland (TSNW) is the largest wetland in Costa Rica located in the southeastern part of the country. The protected area comprises the Térraba-Sierpe delta covered with dense mangrove vegetation. We ... -
Modeling the retreat of the Aneto Glacier (Spanish Pyrenees) since the Little Ice Age, and its accelerated shrinkage over recent decades
(2021-04-21)The Aneto, located on the Maladeta Massif (Central Pyrenees), is the largest glacier of the Pyrenees. The glacier is 675m long, occupies an area of 48.64 ha and has a maximum altitude of 3269m. In this study, we present a ... -
Review of the geomorphological effects of the 1991 Limón earthquake
(2021-01-02)The Limón earthquake was one of the biggest disasters ever recorded in Costa Rica and Panama. This event had a magnitude of 7.7 Mw, occurred on April 22 of 1991 and had its epicenter at the coordinates 9.685 N and -83.073 ... -
Climate reverses directionality in the richness–abundance relationship across the World’s main forest biomes
(2020-11-06)More tree species can increase the carbon storage capacity of forests (here referred to as the more species hypothesis) through increased tree productivity and tree abundance resulting from complementarity, but they can ... -
Geomorphosites comparative analysis in Costa Rica and Cameroon volcanoes
(2020-11-02)Volcanic geoheritage is an emerging field with limited assessments and particular methodological approaches worldwide. The scarcity of volcanic geomorphosite evaluation is higher in tropical countries, particularly ... -
Flash flood impacts of Hurricane Otto and hydrometeorological risk mapping in Costa Rica
(2020-09-17)Flash floods are one of the most damaging natural hazards in tropics. Seasonal and extraordinary rainfall recurrently trigger flash floods in Costa Rica. Hurricane Otto was the first reported hurricane to have ever passed ... -
Hydrometeorological disasters in urban areas of Costa Rica, Central America
(2020)Tropical countries are subjected to natural disasters which cause substantial human and economic losses. Coping with disasters in tropics requires to improve our understanding of the frequency and distribution of ... -
Geomorphological hazards susceptibility in high-density urban areas: a case study of Mexico City
(2020-10)Developing countries face more impacts due to natural hazards because of rapid urbanization, natural resources overexploitation, and lack of territorial management. Mexico City is one of the most populated metropolitan areas ... -
State of the Art of Geodiversity, Geoconservation, and Geotourism in Costa Rica
(2020-06-01)Over the last decades, Costa Rica became established as a world-leading ecotourism destination due to its environmental policies and environmental awareness. The country is located in a dynamic region where the combination ... -
The geomorphic landscape of the Barva volcano, Costa Rica
(2020-05-12)Volcanoes have a beneficial role in human development; however, this balance could turn to hazardous processes or even environmental disturbances. Costa Rica is a volcanic country. The people of Costa Rica live upon ... -
Neotropical Hypericum irazuense shrubs reveal recent ENSO variability in Costa Rican páramo
(2020-06)Climate-vegetation relations in alpine systems play a pivotal role in regulating hydrology and have thus become a research priority in a context of ongoing climate change. In this paper, we investigate how one of the ... -
Equilibrium-line altitude and temperature reconstructions during the Last Glacial Maximum in Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica
(2020-06)Several high areas of Central America show evidence of past glacial activity, including glacial cirques, polished and striated bedrock surfaces and moraine deposits. As glacial remnants, these morphologies can guide ... -
Revisión y sistematización del proceso de digitalización y publicación de cartografía antigua en medios digitales
(2020-03-13)La importancia de la cartografía antigua para la planificación ambiental, económica y estratégica de un espacio geográfico es fundamental para entender los patrones espaciales del pasado y para proyectar las decisiones futuras ... -
Tropical glacier reconstructions during the Last Glacial Maximum in Costa Rica
(2021-03-24)Numerosas altas montañas tropicales muestran evidencia de actividad glacial durante el Último Máximo Glacial (UMG) y han sido documentadas alrededor del mundo. El Cerro Chirripó, en Costa Rica, presenta formas de relieve ... -
Landslide risk index map at the municipal scale for Costa Rica
(2021-04-01)Landslides are a common natural hazard worldwide with greater socioeconomic impacts in developing and tropical countries. In Central America and Costa Rica, this phenomenon is mainly triggered by seismicity and extraordinary ... -
Improving regional flood risk assessment using flood frequency and dendrogeomorphic analyses in mountain catchments impacted by tropical cyclones
(2022-01-01)River floods frequently occur when tropical cyclones hit land. Nonetheless, systematic, long-term discharge data remain rather scarce in many tropical countries, which prevent proper analysis of peak discharges occurring ... -
Dendrogeomorphic reconstruction of floods in a dynamic tropical river
(2020-06-15)Tropical regions are frequently affected by intense floods causing substantial human and economic losses. A proper management of floods and the prevention of disasters is, however, often hampered by a generalized paucity of ... -
Inventario florístico en un bosque amenazado por la expansión agrícola en la reserva del Centro Turístico Los Chocuacos, Costa Rica
(2020-01-01)[Introducción]: La expansión de monocultivos de palma africana (Elaeis guineensis) y piña (Ananas comosus), en Costa Rica, ha degradado en forma progresiva el entorno natural del país, particularmente la región del distrito ... -
Tropical paleoglacial geoheritage inventory for geotourism management of Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica
(2020-06-24)Globally, most active tropical glacial landscapes are found at elevations above 4000 m. Nonetheless, the presence of paleoglacial landforms in low latitudes, especially those formed during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), ...
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