Although coral reefs occupy less than 1% of the ocean floor, they are home to 25% of all known marine species. Canada, the second largest country in territory in the world, is surrounded by 3 oceans, all of them...
Deep in the Earth's mantle, branching columns of hot material are lifting magma to the surface. They are the mantle plumes, which allow us to anticipate where the oceans will open and what parts of the planet will be...
The number of days of extreme heat per year, when temperatures reach 50 °C, have doubled since 1980, according to a BBC study. Those temperatures are also being recorded in more and more areas of the world, posing an...
It is known that Costa Rica is a very biodiverse country, since this small territory is home to 5% of the world's biodiversity. This makes it possible for us to meet a wild animal in practically any place, and...
In a matter of 12 hours, 90 aftershocks were registered after the earthquake near Jacó at 8:54 p.m. of this past Tuesday, which had a magnitude of 5.3 degrees. This was confirmed by the expert from the Volcanological and...
Bird species in Costa Rica can be lively and bright parrots that fill the tropical air with high-pitched screeches, out-of-the-ordinary toucans, glistening hummingbirds, and other striking birds. They can also be birds that emit terrifying whistles and sounds from...
By protecting our health, we harm the well-being of the environment and vice versa, a cycle that we should break with good environmental education. Those products known as surgical masks, face masks, chinstraps or nasobucos, have become one of...
