Fog in western coastal ecosystems: inter-disciplinary challenges and opportunities with example concepts from the Pacific Northwest, USA

A Dye, S Rauschenbach, S de Szoeke… - Frontiers in …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Coastal fog occurs along many of the world's west coast continental environments. It is
particularly consequential during summer when an increased frequency of fog co-occurs …

Understanding inland fog and dew dynamics for assessing potential non-rainfall water use in the Atacama

F Lobos-Roco, F Suárez, F Aguirre-Correa… - Journal of Arid …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract In (semi-) arid regions, harvesting fog and dew can become a complementary
solution to traditional water supply. In the Atacama region, a territory of key and water …

Spatial distribution and interannual variability of coastal fog and low clouds cover in the hyperarid Atacama Desert and implications for past and present Tillandsia …

C Del Río, F Lobos-Roco, C Latorre, MA Koch… - Plant Systematics and …, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract The hyperarid Atacama Desert coast receives scarce moisture inputs mainly from
the Pacific Ocean in the form of marine advective fog. The collected moisture supports highly …

Climate and coastal low-cloud dynamic in the hyperarid Atacama fog Desert and the geographic distribution of Tillandsia landbeckii (Bromeliaceae) dune ecosystems

JL García, F Lobos-Roco, JH Schween… - Plant Systematics and …, 2021‏ - Springer
Despite the extensive area covered by the coastal Atacama fog Desert (18–32° S), there is a
lack of understanding of its most notorious characteristics, including fog water potential …

[HTML][HTML] Preconditioning to Water Deficit Helps Aloe vera to Overcome Long-Term Drought during the Driest Season of Atacama Desert

JP Delatorre-Castillo, J Delatorre-Herrera, KS Lay… - Plants, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Throughout evolution, plants have developed different strategies of responses and
adaptations that allow them to survive in different conditions of abiotic stress. Aloe vera (L.) …

Life cycle of stratocumulus clouds over one year at the coast of the Atacama Desert

JH Schween, C del Rio, JL García… - Atmospheric …, 2022‏ - acp.copernicus.org
Marine stratocumulus clouds of the Eastern Pacific play an essential role in the Earth's
energy and radiation budget. Parts of these clouds off the west coast of South America form …

[HTML][HTML] Tillandsia landbeckii secures high phenotypic variation despite clonal propagation at the dry limits of plant life in the Atacama Desert

S Jabbusch, MA Koch - Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Hyperarid desert systems are among the most extreme and life-limiting biotas on Earth and
lack almost any rainfall such as the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. In this study, we …

The symbiotic alga Trebouxia fuels a coherent soil ecosystem on the landscape scale in the Atacama Desert

P Jung, R Brand, L Briegel-Williams, L Werner… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - Springer
Biocrusts represent associations of lichens, green algae, cyanobacteria, fungi and other
microorganisms, colonizing soils in varying proportions of principally arid biomes. The so …

Fog types frequency and their collectable water potential in the Atacama Desert

K Keim-Vera, F Lobos-Roco, I Aguirre, C Merino… - Atmospheric …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Fog is a widespread phenomenon in the coastal Atacama Desert. Within this region, three
types of fog have been described: advective, orographic, and radiative. However, there …

[PDF][PDF] Unlocking the fog: assessing fog collection potential and need as a complementary water resource in arid urban lands–the Alto Hospicio, Chile case

V Carter, N Verbrugghe, F Lobos-Roco… - Frontiers in …, 2025‏ - researchgate.net
Water stress is a rising issue affecting several countries where the populations regularly
consume almost all their available water supply (World Economic Forum, 2019; Kuzma et …