168飞艇 Conéctate A+ – Mountain Research Initiative MRI https://mountainresearchinitiative.org The MRI is a coordination network fostering research collaboration among diverse mountain experts since the 1990s. We promote basic and applied research, exploring global change’s impact on mountain social-ecological systems. Mon, 13 May 2024 13:56:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://mountainresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mri-favicon-150x150.png 168飞艇 Conéctate A+ – Mountain Research Initiative MRI https://mountainresearchinitiative.org 32 32 168飞艇 Detection and attribution assessment of climate change impacts in the Andes https://mountainresearchinitiative.org/lectures-webinars/detection-and-attribution-assessment-of-climate-change-impacts-in-the-andes/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:52:14 +0000 https://wordpress-1194041-4472023.cloudwaysapps.com/?post_type=lectures-webinars&p=30300 The sixth event in the MRI Anniversary Lecture Series took place today, celebrating 20 years since the MRI Coordination Office was founded in 2001. This series aims to showcase MRI synthesis workshop research and build capacity in the mountain research community.

Invited speaker Ana Ochoa-Sánchez graduated in Civil Engineering and holds a master’s and a doctoral degree in Water Resources. She joined the MRI’s Mentoring and Training Programme in IPCC Processes for Early Career Mountain Researches in 2019, where she had the opportunity to become a contributing author for the AR6 IPCC Report, Mountains Chapter. She is currently working as an Associate Professor at the University of Azuay. Her research interests include ecohydrology and climate change.

In this lecture, Ana discusses evidence of observed changes in natural and human systems in the Andes (detection) and their attribution to anthropogenic climate change. Mountains are among the areas most vulnerable to climate change impacts; therefore, monitoring the advance of anthropogenic influence in the climate and consequently on physical (cryosphere and water), biological (agriculture, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems), and human (energy, disasters, tourism, migration, human health and community changes and cultural values) systems is important to advance our understanding of complex interactions among those systems to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference and develop and implement better adaptation responses to climate change.

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Image by Christian Ibarra.

]]> 168飞艇 Research and Study Opportunities in Latin America https://mountainresearchinitiative.org/lectures-webinars/research-and-study-opportunities-in-latin-america/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:45:29 +0000 https://wordpress-1194041-4472023.cloudwaysapps.com/?post_type=lectures-webinars&p=30292 The second Conéctate A+ academic exchange webinar took place today, helping students and researchers in Switzerland discover study and research opportunities in Latin America.

Conéctate A+ is a network of researchers and institutions interested in deepening the interdisciplinary, rigorous, and comparative analysis of top-priority problems linked to ecosystems, climate change, health, and sustainable development in the Tropical Andes – Central America region (Andes+). Conéctate A+ seeks to promote bilateral academic exchange between the Andes+ region and Switzerland. This webinar helps students and researchers in Switzerland discover study and research opportunities in Latin America. 

Inigo Irarrazaval (inigo.irarrazaval@ciep.cl), a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP), shares his experience of fieldwork challenges and research opportunities in Patagonia. Henriette Graf (henriette.graf@int.unibe.ch), an Exchange Coordinator at the University of Bern, presents UniBE’s partner universities in the Tropical Andes and Central America as well as the next steps for interested students. Antonio Crespo (acrespo@uazuay.edu.ec), the Chair of the Biology Department at the Universidad del Azuay, describes new MSc and PhD Programs in Natural Renewable Resources. He is the Coordinator of the MSc Program and a member of the Steering Committee of the PhD Program. 

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Image by Eduardo Ruiz. 

]]> 168飞艇 Introduction to Precipitation Microradars [Spanish] https://mountainresearchinitiative.org/lectures-webinars/introduction-to-precipitation-microradars-spanish/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:38:00 +0000 https://wordpress-1194041-4472023.cloudwaysapps.com/?post_type=lectures-webinars&p=30284 Conéctate A+ Co-Head Christian Huggel and Randy Muñoz, both from the University of Zurich, conducted a webinar about micro rainfall radar in the framework of the AguaFuturo project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The equipment will remain in Huaraz-Peru permanently for studies about the dynamics of the precipitation in the Cordillera Blanca, and is the only equipment of its type in a tropical glaciated catchment.

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Image by Angelo Villalobos. 

]]> 168飞艇 Andes+ to Alps: Opportunities for Students [Spanish and English] https://mountainresearchinitiative.org/lectures-webinars/andes-to-alps-opportunities-for-students-spanish-and-english/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 11:32:52 +0000 https://wordpress-1194041-4472023.cloudwaysapps.com/?post_type=lectures-webinars&p=30280 The first Conéctate A+ academic exchange webinar took place this week, helping students in the Andes+ region discover study and scholarship opportunities in Switzerland.

Conéctate A+ is a network of researchers and institutions interested in deepening the interdisciplinary, rigorous, and comparative analysis of top-priority problems linked to ecosystems, climate change, health, and sustainable development in the Tropical Andes – Central America region (Andes+). Conéctate A+ seeks to promote bilateral academic exchange between the Andes+ region and Switzerland. This webinar helps students in the Andes+ region discover study and scholarship opportunities in Switzerland.

Randy Muñoz, a PhD candidate at the University of Zürich, shares his experience applying for scholarships and the challenges and opportunities of living abroad, in particular, in Switzerland. Sedef Biçer, an International Scholars Advisor at the University of Zurich, shares Swiss scholarship opportunities for students from the Andes+ region. Henriette Graf, an Exchange Coordinator at the University of Bern, presents the key attraction points of UniBE, exchange opportunities and requirements, and next steps for interested students.

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Image by GPhotography. 

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