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This research paper identifies five major barriers—integration, language, fieldwork logistics, personnel and relationships, and time commitment—faced by an international, interdisciplinary NSF-PIRE research project operating across Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.

This research paper examines how social capital influences the livelihood transformations of low-income peri-urban farmers in two Mexican municipalities as they navigate poverty and increasing urbanization.

This research paper evaluates Land-Atmosphere (L-A) interaction patterns in southeastern South America (SESA) by comparing satellite products (AMSRE-LPRM and MODIS) with climate and land surface models. The study confirms SESA as a significant L-A interaction hotspot, particularly within the Pampas ecoregion, and finds that these interactions are more intense and spatially extensive during dry summers compared to wet summers.

A research paper analyzing rainfall interception across different successional stages of tropical dry forests in Brazil and Costa Rica, finding that net rainfall trends vary significantly between the two studied regions.

This research paper evaluates the effectiveness of combining terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) and hemispherical photographs (HPs) to characterize forest structure in tropical dry forests (TDFs) across different successional stages and levels of liana abundance.

This research paper examines the relationship between copepod size structure and carbon (C) transfer from phytoplankton in coastal upwelling systems off the Chilean coast, finding that communities dominated by smaller species significantly increase C-specific grazing impact.

This research paper examines the perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes of public environmental managers regarding climate change impacts in the coastal zone of São Paulo state, focusing on the information used for adaptation planning.

This commentary discusses the necessity of transdisciplinary collaborations between scientists and diverse stakeholders to address global sustainability challenges and describes the process of 'collective unlearning' to reduce the central role of academia in knowledge production.

This research paper describes the collaborative dynamics of two projects aimed at providing climate services and drought monitoring in southern South America, specifically focusing on the southwest of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

This research paper examines the role of soil seed banks, litter seed banks, and juvenile plant banks as sources of vegetation resilience for dominant woody species in the semiarid Neotropical Chaco forest of Córdoba, Argentina, across varying levels of land-use intensity.

This research paper describes the development of a cooperative breaching protocol for the sand barrier at Laguna de Rocha, Uruguay, to resolve long-term stakeholder conflicts and preserve natural hydrodynamics. The protocol is based on historical management data, geomorphological and hydrological studies, and a participatory advisory group, utilizing indicators such as water depth, berm elevation, and rainfall forecasts to guide management decisions.

This research paper analyzes the spatiotemporal variability of fire dynamics and the resulting environmental, social, and economic costs in Acre, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012, with a specific focus on the extreme drought of 2010.

This research paper explores the role of anthropology in understanding the production, circulation, and use of climate services, emphasizing the need to examine the 'human dimensions' of climate information to support decision-making in climate-sensitive sectors.

This research paper examines the evolution of hydrodiplomacy between the United States and Mexico, focusing on the transition from conflict toward cooperation in transboundary water management despite increasing scarcity driven by climate change and development.

This research paper presents a multicriteria assessment of vulnerability to extreme rainfall events (ERE) at the municipal level in the coastal state of Sinaloa, Mexico, using socioeconomic and environmental indicators to identify the most at-risk areas.

An investigation into the 2019 fire crisis in the Brazilian Amazon biome identifies a strong correlation between active fire anomalies and extreme levels of deforestation, particularly in the states of Acre, Amazonas, and Roraima.

This research paper uses the JULES dynamic land surface model and the INFERNO fire module to analyze the impact of the 2015/16 El Niño event on global fire activity, burned areas, and carbon sinks, comparing observed conditions against mean climatological drivers.

This research paper proposes a conceptual framework to analyze the drivers, impacts, and policy responses regarding reactive nitrogen emissions in Latin America, emphasizing the tension between the necessity of nitrogen for food and energy production and its detrimental environmental and health effects.

The research proposes two quantitative Resprouting Capacity Indices (RCI 1 and RCI 2) to measure the post-fire recovery of seasonally dry forest species, demonstrating that these indices provide more detailed data than survival-based assessments and are influenced by species, growth form, and plant size.

The study identifies three main areas of endemism in the Magellan region—Chiloé, the Atlantic coast, and Fueguia—using the distribution of Amphipoda, Copepoda, and Euphausiacea. The findings provide new biogeographic data for several marine protected areas at the southern tip of South America, including Burdwood Bank, Yaganes, and the Diego Ramírez-Drake Passage.