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El Niño Is Here: What Could It Mean for the Climate of the Karen Mogensen Reserve? The NOAA (U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has officially declared the onset of a new El Niño episode in the tropical Pacific. According to the latest climate forecasts, the phenomenon is expected to strengthen in the coming months…

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Same Sun, different effects: comparing Costa Rica and Italy Zenith Sun: maximum energy, but not the whole story These days, at the “Italy–Costa Rica” Biological and Meteorological Station, we are in the period of the zenith Sun, when at noon the Sun is almost directly overhead. This is a typical condition of tropical regions and…

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Costa Rica: rainy season still on hold, intense heat returns In the area of the Karen Mogensen Reserve and Montezuma, the rainy season had shown some early signals in recent weeks, but it has not yet started in a structured way. In fact, over the past few days, a return to more stable and very…

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