Publications by authors named "Maria R Prieto"
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- South American societies are vulnerable to climatic changes due to insufficient long-term climate data, but recent advancements in tree ring chronologies have created a comprehensive network of 286 records that track hydroclimate variability since 1400 CE.
- The South American Drought Atlas (SADA) has been developed using this data alongside the self-calibrated Palmer Drought Severity Index, providing the most detailed hydrological reconstruction for the region and correlating well with historical climate events.
- The SADA reveals that El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Southern Annular Mode (SAM) strongly influence droughts and rainfall variability, with the analysis indicating an increasing trend towards severe droughts and extreme rainfall in South America linked to climate change and greenhouse
Toxic oil syndrome (TOS) is a disease that appeared in Spain in 1981. It affected more than 20 000 people and produced over 300 deaths in the first 2 years. In this paper, a prospective study on the differences in gene expression in sera between a control versus a TOS-affected population, both originally exposed to the toxic oil, is presented.
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