Leading climatologists are calling on world leaders to take better action to control climate change after carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were measured at a disturbingly record-breaking high last month. The Earth System Research Laboratory, belonging to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on...

Little was known about life up in the canopy of tropical forests until biologists started using ropes and pulleys to climb their way up. Treetops in the tropics reach so high that it was nearly impossible to explore. Scientists now know that about 90% of all of the organisms in a rainforest are found in the tree canopy. In the...

La Asociación Internacional de Surf (ISA, por sus siglas en inglés) designó a Nicaragua como la sede del Campeonato Mundial «Junior» de Surf DAKINE ISA 2013. Bajo el patrocinio de la marca Billabong, el evento se realiza entre el 8 y el 16 de junio en playa Jiquiliste, en el Pacífico pinolero.La inauguración de las...

Costa Rica se caracteriza por ser un país con un sentimiento muy arraigado a la religión. Muchas de sus costumbres y tradiciones tienen antecedentes en ella. Esto no excluye la libertad de culto, ya que en su territorio convive una gran diversidad de credos. Recientemente, en el 2012, las investigaciones de la Escuela de...

Your email inbox has 50 new messages. Your boss needs that top-priority presentation on her desk by midday. Your phone won’t stop ringing. Your smart phone is buzzing with more email and text alerts. Your work team has called an impromptu crisis meeting requiring your immediate attention. Your key assistant is out sick and...

El mercado chino está de moda. Sea por el motivo que sea, cada industria y sector de la economía mundial quiere un pedazo de este enorme pastel. El turismo no es la excepción. Costa Rica no se ha quedado sentada, por lo que se ha lanzado a la caza activa de viajeros de este país. Fuentes gubernamentales afirman que se...

Costa Rica’s southern Nicoya Peninsula is full of natural beauty and rich in biodiversity. Jagged and mountainous from its volcanic origins, with pockets of shimmering beaches, the landscape is a diverse transition zone between tropical dry forest and wet tropical forest. The Gulf of Nicoya’s placid waters stretch between...