El Congreso Latinoamericano de Plantas Medicinales (COLAPLAMED), nace a la luz pública en Rosario, Argentina cuando se realiza su primera versión siendo en aquella oportunidad la única vez que se realiza junto a otro ...

Bi-based photocatalysts have been considered suitable materials for water disinfection under natural solar light due to their outstanding optical and electronic properties. However, until now, there are not extensive reviews ...

Bees are the primary pollinators in nature. However, climate change, excessive use of fertilizers and invasive species have caused the decline of bee colonies. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the presence of pests ...

Accurate estimation of spatiotemporal precipitation dynamics is crucial for flash flood forecasting; however, it is still a challenge in Andean-Amazon sub-basins due to the lack of suitable rain gauge networks. This study ...

Fieldwork in premontane and lowland Amazonian forest (385–1,075 m above sea level) in and around the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve in southeastern Peru led us to describe two new species of the genus Pristimantis. We used ...

Microplastic (MPs) contamination is ubiquitous in most terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Recently MPs have been reported at high altitudes which indicates that air masses can transport and deposit MPs in the surface snow ...

Natural inorganic adsorbents are attractive for pollutants removal due to the easy operation, non-toxic characteristics and low cost. In this study, two raw clays (C1 and C2) were doped with iron and evaluated for the ...

In Quito, climate change has shifted average temperatures, increased flooding during the rainy season, and intensified fires during the dry season. The city of Quito is committed to reducing its emissions at a 5% annual ...

: Los hidrocarburos policíclicos aromáticos (HPAs) son compuestos tóxicos que no se degradan fácilmente bajo condiciones naturales tales como fenómenos físicos (fotooxidación, volatilización), químicos (intercambio iónico, ...

A technological revolution provides nations with access to unprecedented quantities of molecular information, and this is particularly evident in the vast and yet poorly understood realm of the microbiome. Traditionally, ...