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Ecuador

A person stands amid tall trees on a lush green mountainside.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Amazon Basin Tree Rings Hold a Record of the Region’s Rainfall

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 11 October 202211 October 2022

New research provides a 200-year reconstruction of interannual rainfall in the Amazon basin using oxygen isotopes preserved in tree rings in Ecuador and Bolivia.

In the humid highlands of San Cristóbal Island, researchers take soil samples from a pit.
Posted inNews

The Galápagos Islands: The Ultimate Outdoor Soil Science Laboratory

by DJ McCauley 28 March 202228 March 2022

A new study has spurred further research into the impacts of soil formation on modern-day problems like heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils.

Explosion and pyroclastic flows at El Reventador volcano.
Posted inScience Updates

Ecuador’s El Reventador Volcano Continually Remakes Itself

by M. Almeida, H. E. Gaunt and P. Ramón 18 March 20192 May 2022

A research team from Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute keeps a close eye on an unusually active and unstable volcano in the nation’s remote jungles.

Researchers use radar satellite imagery to measure changes in the topography of Ecuador’s El Reventador volcano
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Using Radar to Understand How Volcanic Eruptions Evolve

by Terri Cook 5 January 201827 October 2021

Radar satellite imagery can be used to measure constructional changes in the topography of long-lived volcanoes, according to a new study of Ecuador’s El Reventador volcano.

A large earthquake devastated parts of coastal northern Ecuador in April 2016.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New View of the Plate Dynamics Behind Earthquakes in Ecuador

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 2 June 20162 May 2022

Scientists get one step closer to an updated seismic hazard map that could help Ecuador prepare for future tremors.

Portoviejo, Ecuador, was one of the hardest-hit cities from Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
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Ecuador Earthquake Kills Hundreds, Injures Thousands

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 18 April 20162 May 2022

Ecuador's president declared a state of emergency after a large earthquake shook the country.

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