Challenges for climate change adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean region

T Cavazos, ML Bettolli, D Campbell… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The limited success of international efforts to reduce global warming at levels established in
the Paris Agreement, and the increasing frequency and strength of climate impacts, highlight …

Projected changes in temperature and precipitation over the United States, Central America, and the Caribbean in CMIP6 GCMs

M Almazroui, MN Islam, F Saeed, S Saeed… - Earth Systems and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) dataset is used to
examine projected changes in temperature and precipitation over the United States (US) …

[HTML][HTML] Improving regional flood risk assessment using flood frequency and dendrogeomorphic analyses in mountain catchments impacted by tropical cyclones

A Quesada-Román, JA Ballesteros-Cánovas… - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
River floods frequently occur when tropical cyclones hit land. Nonetheless, systematic, long-
term discharge data remain rather scarce in many tropical countries, which prevent proper …

Current and future climate extremes over Latin America and Caribbean: assessing earth system models from high resolution model intercomparison project …

A Avila-Diaz, RR Torres, CF Zuluaga, WL Cerón… - Earth Systems and …, 2023 - Springer
Extreme temperature and precipitation events are the primary triggers of hazards, such as
heat waves, droughts, floods, and landslides, with localized impacts. In this sense, the finer …

Natural disaster risk inequalities in Central America

A Quesada-Román… - Papers in Applied …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Central America is affected by geological and hydrometeorological hazards that, together
with its high exposure and vulnerability, comprise risky scenarios for disasters. This region …

Responses of Caribbean mangroves to Quaternary climatic, eustatic, and anthropogenic drivers of ecological change: a review

V Rull - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mangroves are among the world's most threatened ecosystems. Understanding how these
ecosystems responded to past natural and anthropogenic drivers of ecological change is …

Central America urgently needs to reduce the growing adaptation gap to climate change

D Ley, T Guillén Bolaños, A Castaneda… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Central America is highly impacted by current extreme events associated with climate
variability and the adverse effects of climate change, showing high vulnerability …

Costa Rican wetlands vulnerability index

N Veas-Ayala, M Alfaro-Córdoba… - Progress in …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Costa Rica comprises approximately 6% of the world's biodiversity. Among these lush
ecosystems, wetlands are represented in mangrove forests near the sea, along river …

Flood projections for selected Costa Rican main basins using CMIP6 climate models downscaled output in the HBV hydrological model for scenario SSP5-8.5

HG Hidalgo, EJ Alfaro… - Hydrological Research …, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Estimates from 3 statistically downscaled General Circu‐lation Models (GCMs) from version
6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, namely the EC Earth3, GFDL ESM4 and …

Historical trends and future implications of disasters in Honduras

A Quesada-Román, L Torres-Bernhard, K Hernández… - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
In Honduras, a country located in Central America, the prevalence of hydrometeorological
disasters due to its geographical location poses a challenge in the context of climate …