Analysis | What are peatlands and how do they help us to reduce the...
By Jorge Hoyos-Santillán, postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2
Peatlands, as we can appreciate in image 1, are a type...
CR2 Analysis | COP28 in Dubai: A Glimmer of Hope or Half-Baked Progress?
By Fabrice Lambert, CR2 Associate Researcher
The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) concluded in Dubai...
Analysis CR2 | June versus June
Author: René D. Garreaud, Deputy Director of the Center for Climate and Resilience Science (CR2)
Editor: José Barraza, Science Communicator at CR2
The rainfall that fell...
Analysis | Could the carbon sink of the world’s forests be neutralized?
By Rocío Urrutia, adjunct investigator at the Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2
It has been reported that increased CO2 emissions, nitrogen deposition and...
Analysis | Forest fire risk: Associated factors
By Gabriela Azócar, (CR)2 associate researcher; Marco Billi, (CR)2 postdoctoral researcher; and Claudia Alonso, (CR)2 research assistant.
Acknowledgments: Antonia Carrasco, Daniela Loyola, Romina Duarte
The magnitude...
Analysis | The Chilean Altiplano: When it rains, it pours
René Garreaud, Deputy Director, Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2
A large part of the Chilean Altiplano (the mountainous zone in the Chilean regions...
Analysis | Amundsen’s ‘bite’ (a colder Patagonia and runaway salmon)
By René Garreaud & Deniz Bozkurt | Edited by José Barraza | 30 July 2020
The seasons in Antarctica are unmistakable. In summer, the ice...
Analysis | Ventilation of closed spaces: a measure against COVID-19
By Macarena Valdés, postdoctoral researcher at (CR)2 and assistant professor of the Epidemiology Program of the School of Public Health of Universidad de Chile,...
Analysis | Towards a better forecast of heat waves in the Chilean south-central zone
Never and nowhere do heat waves (HW) go unnoticed. That is particularly true during the summer in the south-central zone of Chile, which extends...
Analysis | A ‘recado’ for CORFO and the Chilean Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge...
By Cecilia Ibarra, associate researcher at the Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2
Climate action as a guiding mission for STI policy
A mission-oriented public...
