Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Preparing for the tiny predators: Community readiness and perceptions of copepod-based dengue control in eastern guatemala

Background Dengue remains a persistent public health challenge in eastern Guatemala, particularly in communities where irregular water supply, domestic water storage, and limited sanitation infrastructure create favorable conditions for Aedes aegypti proliferation. As concerns in...

Statistical discrimination of Guatemalan jadeitite sources using LA-ICP-MS trace element and petrological data

While tracing the geological provenance of Maya jadeitite-jade is key to understanding Mesoamerican exchange and extraction, distinguishing between the north (NMM) and south (SMM) Motagua sources presents significant challenges. This difficulty is due to shared mineralogical trai...

Seasonal and interannual variability of atmospheric ammonia over Guatemala driven by land use, biomass burning, and meteorological circulation

Abstract. Ammonia (NH3) is a key atmospheric precursor of fine particulate matter and a marker of agricultural and biomass burning emissions. In Central America, NH3 variability remains largely unquantified. This study presents the first integrated spatiotemporal assessment of at...