📄 New paper out!

How might rainfall in the Galápagos change with climate variability?

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2026.108810

Using a new measurement network (incl. vertical rain radar), we find:

• Warmer conditions → more rainfall, also more intense events
• More convective activity
• Inversion layer cool season weakened
• Cooler conditions → weaker, more variable rainfall

Overall: more water in a warmer world, but also higher risk from heavy rainfall.

Happy to discuss!
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A Lava Heron of the Galápagos Islands has been determined to be a new species.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-03-tale-lava-heron-student-galapagos.html

Original paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790326000709

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Quando ci si immerge alle #Galapagos ci si ritrova circondati da #squali, tartarughe, pesci tropicali di ogni tipo, mobule, serpentelli.

Qua la #pesca è regolata e permessa solo a pescherecci locali che non usano reti. Si mangia molto pesce qua ma la cosa è sostenibile.

Siamo stati qualche giorno a fare immersioni a Kicker Rock, sull'isola di San Cristobal, che salta subito all' occhio per la presenza di una grande comunità di #leoni marini.

https://www.saildial.com/2026/03/11/20260311puertobaquerizomoreno/