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The study found that treeless riparian vegetation strips in the Argentinean Pampas are more effective at retaining glyphosate, reaching nearly 74%, compared to areas invaded by willow trees. While willow trees reduced runoff by 63% and altered soil moisture and biomass, they did not significantly change sediment retention compared to grassy controls. Glyphosate retention was positively correlated with sediment retention but negatively correlated with riparian slope and litter biomass.

The document examines the environmental and health impacts of a 2014 acid leachate spill from the Buenavista del Cobre mine into the Sonora River. It evaluates groundwater quality by comparing data from the Fideicomiso Río Sonora portal against the Norma Oficial Mexicana and WHO water quality guidelines, with a specific focus on arsenic levels.

The research examines water governance in the Maipo River basin, focusing on the intersection of neoliberal water policy, climatic variability, and social discontent. It specifically analyzes the law of river sectioning, the Alto Maipo hydropower conflict, and the contested meaning of water scarcity amidst ongoing drought and climate change to advocate for social and environmental justice in Chilean water policy.

The document examines sustainable alternatives to traditional surface and groundwater exploitation to enhance water security in arid and semi-arid regions. It evaluates technologies such as water harvesting, fog harvesting, desalination, and water reuse, while highlighting the trade-offs regarding energy use and ecological footprints. The text emphasizes that selecting the optimal system requires multi-objective decision-making based on three major sustainability criteria to balance societal needs with ecosystem functioning.

The document identifies a gap between the production of climate information and its actual application in sectors such as health, energy, and agriculture. It attributes this disconnect to mismatches in spatial and temporal scales, the difficulty of interpreting probabilistic data, inherent climate uncertainty, and the conceptualization of the social relevance of scientific research.

A study in San Luis, Argentina, comparing native dry forests and pastures found that replacing forests with pastures reduces direct precipitation interception and increases surface runoff and potential soil-level evaporation. These changes suggest a reduction in transpirable precipitation and a higher risk of water erosion.

A study of the western Pampas from 2008 to 2013 found that while topography determines absolute water table position and crop choice can partially modulate seasonal fluctuations, inter-annual groundwater dynamics are predominantly driven by climate variability.

The study uses a rotated empirical orthogonal function analysis of data from 1950-2009 to examine interdecadal variability in South American monsoon precipitation. It finds that interdecadal oscillations have a significantly greater relative impact on extreme daily rainfall than on moderate or light rainfall, with this impact being more linear during the spring than the summer.

The research presents a hybrid water security-ecosystem services-human well-being adaptation framework developed through a collaborative science-policy dialogue in the Maipo River basin, Chile. This framework, inspired by robust decisionmaking (RDM), identifies water-related attributes to protect against climate variability and helps participants align short-term water needs with long-term development and ecosystem goals. It serves as a tool to identify performance indicators and focus dialogue on climate uncertainties, intersectoral relations, and the scale of adaptation strategies.

The research examines jatropha-based bioenergy projects in Yucatan, Mexico, finding that the popular discourse promoting the crop as a tool for rural development and sustainability is flawed. Based on 70 interviews, the study concludes that these projects failed to provide significant social sustainability benefits and argues that bioenergy projects alone cannot achieve social sustainability without a comprehensive understanding of local socioeconomic problems.

The paper identifies that usable groundwater is rapidly decreasing globally due to mismanagement and climate change, posing a particular challenge for the nearly 600 transboundary aquifers. To address this, the authors propose five governance recommendations: enhancing flexible international mechanisms, addressing the need for data, prioritizing the precautionary principle and pollution prevention, integrating surface and subsurface water and land governance, and expanding the institutional capacity of binational or multinational actors.

The study analyzes climate change adaptation plans in two Andean mountain water tower regions, finding that these plans often reinforce existing hydrosocial disparities and exclude marginalized groups, such as those with informal water access or non-dominant livelihoods.

The document discusses the role of interdisciplinarity and knowledge networking in creating usable climate information, focusing on the Regional Climate Center for Southern South America (RCC-SSA). It highlights the challenge of integrating meteorological data with the diverse needs of various stakeholders to translate climate predictions into adaptation and mitigation actions.

The study analyzes the Uruguayan industrial fishery sector from 1960 to 2013, identifying four phases: development, expansion, stabilization/diversification, and declining yields/market contraction. While the sector initially grew through the Argentine hake fishery and maintained a role as a net exporter, it currently faces a crisis characterized by decreasing yields of main target species and a rise in seafood imports, which now account for a third of domestic consumption. The findings suggest that a lack of a clear management framework and increasing fishing pressure have undermined the sector's resilience, necessitating a shift in the exploitation model.

The text examines the historically asymmetrical relationship between anthropology and education, proposing a conceptual inversion of 'anthropology of education' to better integrate the ontological dimension of existence. It highlights the absence of the ethnographer's body in ethnographic reflection as a result of the Western mind-body dichotomy and suggests that the 'ontological turn' in social sciences can create more symmetrical intersections between these fields, specifically regarding themes of happiness and the plenitude of becoming.

The research modeled land surface temperature (LST) time series from July 2013 to July 2016 using Landsat-8 data and a radiative transfer equation algorithm. The study found that LST in the dry season was 1520 K higher than in the wet season, with early successional stages being significantly warmer than intermediate and late stages during the dry season. While leaf phenology and canopy architecture explain most variations, precipitation was identified as the ultimate determinant of LST variations through biogeochemical and biogeophysical processes.

The text highlights that developing countries will bear 99% of the health burden from climate change and suggests that Peru leverage the Paris Agreement to create policies that simultaneously improve public health and the climate system.

The study analyzed climate data from 1960 to 2014 on the northern coast of the Bahía Blanca estuary, Argentina, using Fast Fourier Transform and the Standardized Precipitation Index. Key findings include a 0.9 ºC increase in average air temperature and a reduction in maximum average wind speed by 7.5 km h-1 between 1986 and 2010. The research also identified wet and dry cycles in relative humidity and precipitation linked to El Niño and La Niña events, providing a basis for a sustainable land management plan.

The study analyzed 60 market-based economic instruments for nature conservation (MBEINC) in Latin America, finding that only 43% met environmental objectives and 17% were socially equitable. The research found no statistically significant relationship between environmental effectiveness and social equity, nor any correlation between project success and the surveyed economic, political, or institutional characteristics, suggesting there is insufficient evidence to support MBEINC as a consistently effective or equitable tool for biodiversity conservation in the region.

The paper proposes a standardized methodology for determining first and last frost dates in Argentina to assist in agricultural planning. It focuses on calculating variables such as mean frost dates and frequency using two specific thresholds: 0°C for meteorological frosts and 3°C for agrometeorological frosts, ultimately aiming to provide a public database for decision-making.