Newswise Location Channel: South America

GW Expert Available: Ecuador in State of Emergency as Security Situation Worsens

George Washington University — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:05:19 EST

UTHealth Houston partners with Mexican organizations for $5M NIH grant to improve implementation of cancer control interventions in Mexico and Latin America

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:05:35 EST

A five-year, $5 million grant has been awarded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to the UTHealth Houston Institute for Implementation Science to support research and training in implementation science, with a focus on improving cancer control efforts in Mexico and Latin America.

Soy expansion in Brazil linked to increase in childhood leukemia deaths

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:00:47 EST

Over the past decades, Brazil has become the world's leading soybean producer, as well as the leading consumer of pesticides. Despite concerns about potential public health consequences, little is known about the effects of pesticide exposure in the general population.

Illinois expert argues Ancient Maya reservoirs offer lessons for today's water crises

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:05:54 EST

University of Illinois anthropology professor Lisa Lucero argues in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that ancient Maya reservoirs, which used aquatic plants to filter and clean the water, "can serve as archetypes for natural, sustainable water systems to address future water needs." The Maya built and maintained reservoirs that were in use for more than 1,000 years, providing potable water for thousands to tens of thousands of people in cities during the annual, five-month dry season and in periods of prolonged drought.

Shadow of former dictatorship hangs heavy in Chile

Cornell University — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:50:46 EST

How local communities depend on the ivory palm tree in coastal Ecuador

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:05:03 EST

The ivory palm tree, also known as tagua, is endemic to the Choco-Darien region on the Pacific coast of South America. Two studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador (PUCE) explore the ecosystem services provided by tagua in coastal Ecuador.

Expanding large-scale agriculture is escalating flooding in the largest South American breadbasket

Lancaster University — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:05:37 EST

A new study revealing that huge expansions of extensive large-scale agriculture is making the South American plains more vulnerable to widespread flooding should act as a "wake-up call", say researchers.

GW Expert on Peru Political Crisis

George Washington University — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 10:05:15 EST

Husker study: Brazil can grow more soybeans without deforesting Amazon

University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:15:39 EST

Developing countries around the globe face a challenge that pits economic growth against environmental protection. As they expand their agricultural production, they often convert forest into cropland and pasture. But the large-scale removal of trees weakens the world's ability to prevent further climate deterioration and biodiversity loss.

What's next for Brazil: Cornell experts on economics, politics post-election

Cornell University — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:40:42 EST

Ancient Maya cities were dangerously contaminated with mercury

Frontiers — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:05:00 EST

A new review shows that the soil in the cities of the ancient Maya are heavily polluted with mercury. As vessels filled with liquid mercury and objects painted with cinnabar have been found at many Maya sites, the authors conclude that the Maya were heavy users of mercury and mercury-containing products. This resulted in severe and dangerous pollution in their day, which still persists even now.

New research questions hypotheses about climate-controlled ecosystem change during the origin of dinosaurs in Argentina

University of Utah — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:05:28 EST

A group of researchers from CONICET and the University of Utah demonstrated that during the time of the first dinosaurs, variations in the diversity and abundance of the plant and vertebrate animal species cannot be related to the climatic changes recorded throughout its deposition, in contrast with previous hypotheses.

Brazilian study finds COVID-19 cases and deaths higher in areas with electoral support for President Bolsonaro

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:55:59 EST

Study of 853 counties in Minas Gerais state finds counties that voted for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the 2018 election are more likely to have higher incidence and death rates from COVID-19

Discovery Provides Insight Into Neglected Tropical Disease

UT Southwestern Medical Center — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 13:15:35 EST

UTSW scientists identify key molecule produced by male parasitic worms that affects sexual maturity in females and leads to schistosomiasis

Study reconsiders name of Peru's Machu Picchu

University of Illinois Chicago — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:25:59 EST

Findings suggest Incas had a different name for the site

New Study Shows High Levels of Mercury in the Peruvian Amazon

Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:05:48 EST

New study Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining published in Nature Communications. An international team of researchers documented substantial mercury accumulation in soils, biomass, and resident songbirds in some of the Amazon's most protected and biodiverse areas.

Global Virus Network (GVN) Adds the Scientific Platform Pasteur-University of Sao Paulo as Newest Member to Mitigate Viral Threats

Global Virus Network — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:30:38 EST

The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing 67 Centers of Excellence and 10 Affiliates in 36 countries comprising foremost experts in every class of virus causing disease in humans, and the Scientific Platform Pasteur-University of Sao Paulo (SPPU) announced the addition of the SPPU as GVN's newest Center of Excellence.

A conservation incentive yields increase of protected Atlantic Rainforest areas, but with limited results

Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:20:55 EST

A study by the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil investigated a fiscal transfer mechanism whereby states transfer part of their sales tax revenue to municipalities in exchange for the creation of environmental conservation units.

900-mile mantle pipeline connects Galapagos to Panama

Cornell University — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:05:43 EST

A Cornell University geochemist has helped discover solid evidence that connects the geochemical fingerprint of the Galapagos plume with mantle materials underneath Panama and Costa Rica - documenting the course of a mantle plume that flows sideways through upper portions of the Earth.

RSNA Announces Global Learning Center in Ecuador

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:30:18 EST

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has announced that Hospital Metropolitano in Quito, Ecuador, will be the host location of a new Global Learning Center (GLC). This is the first GLC site in South America.