High thinning rates (up to −4.0±0.97 m a−1) have been measured at Campo de Hielo Patagónico Norte (CHN) or Northern Patagonia Icefield, Chile between 1975 and 2001. Results have been obtained by comparing a Digital Elevation ...

Ice-capped volcanoes of the Chilean Lake District have shown significant glacier retreat during recent decades, probably in response to tropospheric warming and precipitation decrease. Volcán Mocho-Choshuenco (39°55′S, ...

In the recent past the Copiapo River Valley has undergone a remarkable transformation in its agricultural structure. Among the most noteworthy characteristics are the specialization in exportation of table grapes, the ...

Stretching a heart muscle cell triggers signaling by reactive oxygen species to produce Ca 2+ sparks.

The study of human mobility between border cities strains notions of border and calls into question ideas that have long been used in migration studies. Border social practices show that the transborder nature of two cities ...

La EAO fue una institución pública fundada a mediados del siglo XIX, cuando Chile iniciaba su vida como una nación independiente. Bajo el modelo francés del art et métiers, la Escuela comenzó sus actividades teniendo ...

Modern Architecture that began in Europe at early XX Century has reached Chile through publications, but also through the travelling of Chilean architects to Europe. Trying to apply the modern principles in Chile, those ...

The 2010 Maule earthquake of magnitude 8.8Mw, left severely damaged adobe structures that conform the Chilean rural colonial heritage. In that context and as part of a government program of reconstruction, many interventions ...

This paper addresses the links between real estate production, transport infrastructure and class-related spatial tensions in the context of urban neoliberalism in Chile. As case studies we focus on two of the most intensely ...