Environment
How Do We Face Alajuela’s Seismic Swarm?
In the last few days near Tenorio Volcano, there has been a series of telluric movements putting the region's inhabitants in an alert status. All these frequent earth tremors have caused serious damages in at least 8 houses in...
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A Small Country Fights Climate Change
The main cause of concern for the environmentally aware is the amount of carbon monoxide and other nocive emissions than vehicles with internal combustion engines spew into the atmosphere every day. This pollution has been identified as the main...
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The Importance Of Sustainable Material Sourcing For Furniture
Regardless of whether you have recently found the perfect house and are looking for bespoke furniture to bring your new home to life, or are interested in buying new furniture just because you can, a great place to start...
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Fighting Plastic Pollution in Paradise
Mother Earth is in trouble and it is because of us. As harsh as that may sound, it is a fact that throughout the centuries we humans have increasingly become the single most destructive influence in the environmental deterioration...
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Costa Rica Begins to Use a Desalination Plant
Due to the frequent drought periods that have been affecting the coastal area of Santa Cruz in Guanacaste, a company finances the creation of a desalination plant which will produce 23 liters of drinking water per second, specifically in...
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Costa Rica: Drinkable Water Everywhere
It corresponds to the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA), as an entity rector in matters of fresh water supply, sanitation services, and systems rain, to ensure the supply of drinkable water to the general population.When we...
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Costa Rica: A Paradise for Hummingbirds
When we talk about tropical wonders, we cannot fail to mention Costa Rica, both for its incredible tourist attractions and for its beautiful animal species. This Central American country is one of those with the greatest relative biodiversity, with...
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Paper Handcrafts Made in Costa Rica
Costa Rica is, no doubt, a beautiful country. Not only for its beautiful coastline (from which its name originates), but also for its green landscapes where its inhabitants constantly live innovating about being more ecological every day and in...
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The Costa Rican “Thermal Dome”
The presence of the oceanic phenomenon the "Thermal Dome" of Costa Rica was detected off the coasts of the Central American country in 1948, through bathythermographs (instrument consisting of a thermometer that allows to measure and graphically represent the...
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Costa Rica Promotes the Carbon Neutral Program in 2021
Costa Rica began in 2012 one of its most ambitious projects in history; to become one of the 1st carbon neutral countries in the world by 2021. A political bet rather utopian than risky. President Laura Chinchilla -Head of...
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Fundación SMA as Support Network for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Costa Rica
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a genetic and hereditary disease characterized by a loss of muscle strength due to...