Publications by authors named "Humberto L Varona"
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- * An abrupt increase in sea surface temperature (SST) during the 2015/16 El Niño indicated a significant climate regime shift, followed by extreme rainfall events that led to low-salinity conditions and reduced abundances of key species like penaeid shrimp postlarvae and various zooplankton.
- * The research found a strong link between SSTs and shrimp recruitment, suggesting that changes in environmental factors and potential marine pollution may impact marine life, while some species like cnidarian medusae benefited from
Currently, the generation of electrical energy in Cuba is supported by oil and natural gas. These sources, as it is known, are directly linked to large emissions of pollutants that are released into the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to search for new energy options that are directed towards sustainable development, allowing the preservation of natural ecosystems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper presents the graphical results of the Lagrangian-model and the weathering processes associated with oil spills in the tropical South Atlantic, taking into account the meteorological and oceanographic conditions of the study region. The scenarios were created in the Brazilian-NE waters adjacent, with simulation times of 670 h, and densities of 35, 25, and 15API with volume of 1590 m were considered. The main results showed that the meteo-oceanographic characteristics of the study region influence the trajectories and weathering processes in the oil spill.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe western tropical North Atlantic (WTNA) is a very complex region, with the influence of intense western boundary currents in connection with equatorial zonal currents, important atmospheric forcings (e.g Intertropical Convergence Zone), mesoscale activities (e.g NBC rings), and the world's largest river discharge as the Amazon River runoff.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis data set was obtained from two ROMS model simulations in the region of Brazil located at 60°W-15°W / 25°S - 15°N. One of the simulations takes into account the tide (obtained from the TPXO7 product) and the other one does not. The rest of the configuration was similar for both simulations, taking bathymetry from ETOPO2 and surface forcings from COADS climatology.
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