Wildfires in the Andes cause severe soil degradation that hinders ecosystem recovery, study shows
In September 2018, a wildfire burned nearly two thousand hectares of shrubland on the Pichu Pichu volcano, an ecologically ...
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Scientists Finally Solve the Mystery of the Irish Potato Blight’s Origins. It Came From The Andes
DNA study shows the deadly potato blight came from South America.
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The Golden Fruit of the Andes
In this video, I show you the AMAZING Golden Fruit of the Andes or Naranjilla or Lulo plant/fruit growing in my backyard. This is the type of exotic fruit you generally won't find on the supermarket ...
Earth's glaciers shrinking rapidly, 7 trillion tons of ice gone in two decades
Fifteen years ago, scientists were worried most about the Andes and the Patagonia glaciers, but the Alps have shrunk so fast ...
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Andes wildfires: Ecosystem vulnerability and soil degradation
A new study reveals the extreme vulnerability of the Arequipa shrublands to these blazes, with severe soil degradation ...
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Burned and barren: How wildfires transform volcanic soils
Wildfires in Peru’s Andes are depleting soil health and slowing ecosystem recovery, highlighting urgent conservation ...
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In the high Andes, a dream to restore a special forest takes root
Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador, a team of researchers from a local NGO and a ...
Hummingbirds Living in a Hive Found for the First Time
Mr. Cañas-Valle’s discovery, described in the journal Ornithology in November, may be the first documented example of ...