Search Results - "Muñoz, Ariel A."

Streamflow variability in the Chilean Temperate-Mediterranean climate transition (35°S–42°S) during the last 400 years inferred from tree-ring records by Muñoz, Ariel A., González-Reyes, Alvaro, Lara, Antonio, Sauchyn, David, Christie, Duncan, Puchi, Paulina, Urrutia-Jalabert, Rocío, Toledo-Guerrero, Isadora, Aguilera-Betti, Isabella, Mundo, Ignacio, Sheppard, Paul R., Stahle, Daniel, Villalba, Ricardo, Szejner, Paul, LeQuesne, Carlos, Vanstone, Jessica

“…As rainfall in South-Central Chile has decreased in recent decades, local communities and industries have developed an understandable concern about their…”
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Multidecadal environmental pollution in a mega-industrial area in central Chile registered by tree rings by Muñoz, Ariel A., Klock-Barría, Karin, Sheppard, Paul R., Aguilera-Betti, Isabella, Toledo-Guerrero, Isadora, Christie, Duncan A., Gorena, Tamara, Gallardo, Laura, González-Reyes, Álvaro, Lara, Antonio, Lambert, Fabrice, Gayo, Eugenia, Barraza, Francisco, Chávez, Roberto O.

“…One of the most polluted areas in Chile is the Ventanas Industrial Area (VIA; 32.74°S / 71.48°W), which started in 1958 and today comprises around 16…”
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When another one bites the dust: Environmental impact of global copper demand on local communities in the Atacama mining hotspot as registered by tree rings by Zanetta-Colombo, Nicolás C., Scharnweber, Tobias, Christie, Duncan A., Manzano, Carlos A., Blersch, Mario, Gayo, Eugenia M., Muñoz, Ariel A., Fleming, Zoë L., Nüsser, Marcus

“…Assessing the impact of mining activity on the availability of environmental pollutants is crucial for informing health policies in anticipation of future…”
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Water Crisis in Petorca Basin, Chile: The Combined Effects of a Mega-Drought and Water Management by Muñoz, Ariel A., Klock-Barría, Karin, Alvarez-Garreton, Camila, Aguilera-Betti, Isabella, González-Reyes, Álvaro, Lastra, José A., Chávez, Roberto O., Barría, Pilar, Christie, Duncan, Rojas-Badilla, Moises, LeQuesne, Carlos

“…Since 2010, Chile has experienced one of the most severe droughts over the last century, the so-called mega-drought (MD). The MD conditions, combined with…”
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Local and global environmental drivers of growth chronologies in a demersal fish in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean by Moyano, Guillermo, Plaza, Guido, Cerna, Francisco, Muñoz, Ariel A.

“…•First growth chronology for a deep water fish for the south-eastern Pacific Ocean.•Growth chronologies were mainly explained by the Humboldt Current…”
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Drivers of Flammability of Eucalyptus globulus Labill Leaves: Terpenes, Essential Oils, and Moisture Content by Fabián Guerrero, Camilo Carmona, Carla Hernández, Mario Toledo, Andrés Arriagada, Lorena Espinoza, Jan Bergmann, Lautaro Taborga, Karen Yañez, Yulián Carrasco, Ariel A. Muñoz

“…Mediterranean climate regions have become more vulnerable to fire due to the extreme weather conditions and numerous Eucalyptus globulus plantation areas. The…”
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Validation of a 9-km WRF dynamical downscaling of temperature and precipitation for the period 1980–2005 over Central South Chile by Fernández, Alfonso, Schumacher, Vanúcia, Ciocca, Isabella, Rifo, Andreaw, Muñoz, Ariel A., Justino, Flavio

“…In this paper, we evaluated a dynamical downscaling produced for Central South Chile (32°S–38°S) relative to climatic conditions between 1980 and 2005…”
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Extreme drought triggers parallel shifts in wood anatomical and physiological traits in upper treeline of the Mediterranean Andes by Santini, Luiz, Craven, Dylan, Rodriguez, Daigard Ricardo Ortega, Quintilhan, Manolo Trindade, Gibson-Carpintero, Stephanie, Torres, Cristina Aravena, Roig, Fidel A., Muñoz, Ariel A., Venegas-Gonzalez, Alejandro

“…Background Treeline ecotones of Mediterranean ecoregions have been affected by the increasing intensity and severity of droughts. Even though the effect of…”
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Recent multispecies tree-growth decline reveals a severe aridity change in Mediterranean Chile by González-Reyes, Álvaro, Christie, Duncan A, Schneider-Valenzuela, Isadora, Venegas-González, Alejandro, Muñoz, Ariel A, Hadad, Martin, Gipoulou-Zuñiga, Tania, Tapia-Marzan, Valeria, Gibson-Carpintero, Stephanie, Santini-Junior, Luiz, LeQuesne, Carlos, Villalba, Ricardo

“…Abstract Soil moisture (SM) is a crucial factor in the water cycle, sustaining ecosystems and influencing local climate patterns by regulating the energy…”
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Sensitivity of subtropical forest and savanna productivity to climate variability in South America, Uruguay by Lucas, Christine, Ceroni, Mauricio, Baeza, Santiago, Muñoz, Ariel A., Brazeiro, Alejandro

“…Questions: Increasing climate variability has major effects on forest productivity, as well as transitions between forest and savanna ecosystems. While…”
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Cross-continental hydroclimate proxies: Tree-rings in Central Chile reconstruct historical streamflow in Southeastern South American rivers by Lucas, Christine, Aguilera-Betti, Isabella, Muñoz, Ariel A, Puchi, Paulina, Sapriza, Gonzalo, Profumo, Ludmila, Maxwell, R Stockton, Venegas-González, Alejandro

“…Regional teleconnections permit cross-continental modeling of hydroclimate throughout the world. Tree-rings are a good hydroclimatic proxy used to reconstruct…”
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Chemical Signals in Tree Rings from Northern Patagonia as Indicators of Calbuco Volcano Eruptions since the 16th Century by Lizette J. Bertin, Duncan A. Christie, Paul R. Sheppard, Ariel A. Muñoz, Antonio Lara, Claudio Alvarez

“…The Calbuco volcano ranks third in the specific risk classification of volcanoes in Chile and has a detailed eruption record since 1853. During 2015, Calbuco…”
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Recent Consequences of Climate Change Have Affected Tree Growth in Distinct Nothofagus macrocarpa (DC.) FM Vaz Rodr Age Classes in Central Chile by Alejandro Venegas-González, Fidel A. Roig, Karen Peña-Rojas, Martín A. Hadad, Isabella Aguilera-Betti, Ariel A. Muñoz

“…Forests play an important role in water and carbon cycles in semiarid regions such as the Mediterranean ecosystems. Previous research in the Chilean…”
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Where Does the Chilean Aconcagua River Come from? Use of Natural Tracers for Water Genesis Characterization in Glacial and Periglacial Environments by Crespo, Sebastián, Lavergne, Céline, Fernandoy, Francisco, Muñoz, Ariel, Cara, Leandro, Olfos-Vargas, Simón

“…The Aconcagua river basin (Chile, 32 °S) has suffered the effects of the megadrought over the last decade. The severe snowfall deficiency drastically modified…”
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A Cross‐Cutting Approach for Relating Anthropocene, Environmental Injustice and Sacrifice Zones by Gayo, Eugenia M., Muñoz, Ariel A., Maldonado, Antonio, Lavergne, Céline, Francois, Jean Pierre, Rodríguez, Delia, Klock‐Barría, Karin, Sheppard, Paul R., Aguilera‐Betti, Isabella, Alonso‐Hernández, Carlos, Mena‐Carrasco, Marcelo, Urquiza, Anahí, Gallardo, Laura

“…The Anthropocene is an uneven phenomenon. Accelerated shifts in the functioning of the Earth System are mainly driven by the production and consumption of…”
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Geohistorical records of the Anthropocene in Chile by Gayo, Eugenia M., McRostie, Virginia B., Campbell, Roberto, Flores, Carola, Maldonado, Antonio, Uribe-Rodriguez, Mauricio, Moreno, Patricio I., Santoro, Calogero M., Christie, Duncan A., Muñoz, Ariel A., Gallardo, Laura

“…The deep-time dynamics of coupled socio-ecological systems at different spatial scales is viewed as a key framework to understand trends and mechanisms that…”
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Multiproxy Approach to Reconstruct the Fire History of Araucaria araucana Forests in the Nahuelbuta Coastal Range, Chile by Ariel A. Muñoz, Mauro E. González, Isadora Schneider-Valenzuela, Karin Klock-Barría, Marcelo Madariaga-Burgos, Carmen Gloria Rodríguez, Ana M. Abarzúa, María Eugenia Solari, Alejandra Martel-Cea, Bárbara Velásquez, Beatriz Paredes, Fabián Guerrero, Mauricio Montiel, Valeria Tapia-Marzán, Tomás Riquelme, Paul R. Sheppard

“…Multiproxy reconstructions of fire regimes in forest ecosystems can provide a clearer understanding of past fire activity and circumvent some limitations of…”
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Six hundred years of South American tree rings reveal an increase in severe hydroclimatic events since mid-20th century by Morales, Mariano S., Cook, Edward R., Barichivich, Jonathan, Christie, Duncan A., Villalba, Ricardo, LeQuesne, Carlos, Srur, Ana M., Ferrero, M. Eugenia, González-Reyes, Álvaro, Couvreux, Fleur, Matskovsky, Vladimir, Aravena, Juan C., Lara, Antonio, Mundo, Ignacio A., Rojas, Facundo, Prieto, María R., Smerdon, Jason E., Bianchi, Lucas O., Masiokas, Mariano H., Urrutia-Jalabert, Rocio, Rodriguez-Catón, Milagros, Muñoz, Ariel A., Rojas-Badilla, Moises, Alvarez, Claudio, Lopez, Lidio, Luckman, Brian H., Lister, David, Harris, Ian, Jones, Philip D., Williams, A. Park, Velazquez, Gonzalo, Aliste, Diego, Aguilera-Betti, Isabella, Marcotti, Eugenia, Flores, Felipe, Muñoz, Tomás, Cuq, Emilio, Boninsegna, José A.

“…South American (SA) societies are highly vulnerable to droughts and pluvials, but lack of long-term climate observations severely limits our understanding of…”
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Human–environmental drivers and impacts of the globally extreme 2017 Chilean fires by Bowman, David M. J. S., Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés, Kolden, Crystal A., Chávez, Roberto O., Muñoz, Ariel A., Salinas, Fernanda, González-Reyes, Álvaro, Rocco, Ronald, de la Barrera, Francisco, Williamson, Grant J., Borchers, Nicolás, Cifuentes, Luis A., Abatzoglou, John T., Johnston, Fay H.

“…In January 2017, hundreds of fires in Mediterranean Chile burnt more than 5000 km², an area nearly 14 times the 40-year mean. We contextualize these fires in…”
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Direct effects of tephra fallout from the Puyehue–Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex on Nothofagus pumilio ring widths in northern Patagonia by Montiel, Mauricio, González, Mauro E., Christie, Duncan A., Muñoz, Ariel A., Crisafulli, Charles M.

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