• Moisture Sources and Large-Scale Dynamics Associated With a Flash Flood Event 

      Liberato, Margarida L. R.; Ramos, Alexandre M.; Trigo, Ricardo M.; Trigo, Isabel F.; Durán Quesada, Ana María; Nieto, Raquel; Gimeno Presa, Luis (2012)
      In November 1983, an extreme precipitation event occurred on western Iberia in the city of Lisbon region, Portugal, which produced flash flooding, urban inundations, and landslides causing considerable infrastructure damage ...
    • Población y deforestación en Costa Rica 

      Rosero Bixby, Luis; Palloni, Alberto (1998)
      ¿En qué grado el rápido crecimiento poblacional es culpable de la masiva destrucción el bosque tropical? Aunque covariaciones temporales y espaciales sugieren una conexión entre población y deforestación, investigaciones ...
    • Presión demográfica sobre los bosques y áreas protegidas, Costa Rica 2000 

      Bonilla Carrión, Róger Enrique; Rosero Bixby, Luis (2004)
      El estudio relaciona datos geocodificados del censo de población de Costa Rica del año 2000 con información forestal, geofísica e institucional en un sistema de información (SIG). La mayor parte de la población del país ...
    • Selective-enrichment as a Tool to Obtain Microbial Degrading Consortia for the Remediation of Pesticide Residues 

      Rodríguez Rodríguez, Carlos E.; Cambronero Heinrichs, Juan Carlos; Fuller, Edward; Castro Gutiérrez, Víctor Manuel (2021)
      Inadequate disposal of pesticides during their extensive use in agricultural practices may result in soil, surface, and groundwater pollution. These agrochemicals affect a wide variety of non-target organisms, and their ...
    • Using Molecular Methods to Identify and Monitor Xenobiotic-Degrading Genes for Bioremediation 

      Fuller, Edward; Castro Gutiérrez, Víctor Manuel; Cambronero Heinrichs, Juan Carlos; Rodríguez Rodríguez, Carlos E. (2021)
      Environmental pollution is a matter of increasing concern worldwide, for which new and innovative solutions are constantly required. Bioremediation, the transformation of contaminants into less toxic substances using ...
    • Water quality in Costa Rica 

      Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Springer Springer, Monika; Astorga Espeleta, Yamileth; Gómez Ramírez, Eddy; Vargas Azofeifa, Ingrid; Meléndez Cerda, Édgar (2019)
      This book provides an overview of surface and groundwater quality and impacts on human consumption, agriculture and ecosystem services in each country, thereby creating a hemisphere-wide picture of the current status and ...