Researchers from CR2 awarded Fondecyt Initiation projects for 2024
The research projects led by Camila Álvarez-Garretón, Estela Blanco, Cecilia Ibarra, Javier Lopatin, and Alejandro Miranda have been granted funding by the Subdirectorate of...
Guest post: How COP26 finally recognised the latest IPCC climate science (Carbon Brief)
As climate scientists involved in the first part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) sixth assessment report (AR6), and with several of...
Climate change: Temperature analysis shows UN goals ‘within reach’ (BBC)
A new analysis, seen by the BBC, suggests the goals of the UN Paris climate agreement are getting "within reach."
By Matt McGrath
The Climate Action Tracker group...
The 4 biggest lessons from the latest IPCC climate report (Popular Science)
The new IPCC report underscores the need for swift climate action.
By Ula Chrobak
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change doesn’t hedge in its latest assessment...
‘We beg God for water’: Chilean lake turns to desert, sounding climate change alarm...
The Penuelas reservoir in central Chile was until twenty years ago the main source of water for the city of Valparaiso, holding enough water...
IPCC climate report: Earth is warmer than it’s been in 125,000 years (Nature)
Landmark assessment says that greenhouse gases are unequivocally driving extreme weather — but that nations can still prevent the worst impacts.
By Jeff Tollefson
Modern society’s...
Strict caps must be set on fossil fuel extraction to meet climate goals, study...
By Nicoletta Lanese
Nearly 60% of the world’s oil and methane gas reserves and 90% of its coal reserves must remain in the ground by...
Wildfires burning in Chile are among the deadliest in country’s record (New Scientist)
Fires in central and southern Chile, exacerbated by extreme temperatures and megadrought, have led to at least 26 deaths and burned more than 2700...
Devastating blazes prompt Chile to confront fire risk (EcoAméricas)
Wildfires in the Valparaíso region of cen tral Chile produced the country’s highest human death toll from a natural disaster since its 2010 earthquake,...
A Salt Bath in Bolivia (Nasa Earth Observatory)
Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat (or playa) in the world. For much of the year, it stretches out in a...
