The Ibitiraquire Mountain Range is the most detached mountain block of Serra do Mar hills of Paraná State. It's origins is not well known, as there are divergences about the role of tectonics and erosion in its evolution ...

The picture show a newly cut mountain road that leads to Maracas Bay on Trinidad's North Coast. The road was built by United States armed forces during World War II as a United States naval base at Chaguaramas prohibited ...

Purpose Hypoxia has been shown to reduce energy intake and lead to weight loss, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. The aim was therefore to assess changes in eating after rapid ascent to 4,559 m and to investigate ...

This article analyzes the resulting geographic, socioeconomic and political environment from the predominance of an extensive network of roads that articulated the territory between the Pacific Coast to the Plains of ...

Traffic and climate conditions are well known variables that define the road cycle of life. Some unpaved roads located in mountain areas should be kept open as much as possible throughout the year, since they are part of ...

The number, size, and shape of lakes are key determinants of the ecological functionality of a lake district. The lake area scaling relationships with lake number and volume enable upscaling biogeochemical processes and ...

High mountain areas are critical for water security and natural hazard dynamics, as well as glacier and ecosystem conservation in a warming world. We present a brief account of the methodological steps for geomorphological ...

For centuries, if not millennia, people of the Andes have venerated their ice-capped mountains, which harbor within their glaciers the sacred waters upon which all life in the region is dependent. It is a tradition evident ...