Tag Archives: Chile

Watching Chile Trade Agreements and impact of El Niño

Posted on August 29, 2026 by borderslynn

Chile in final phase of negotiations to reach trade deal with US, Chilean official says By Fabian Cambero August 26, 2025 SANTIAGO, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Chile is in the final phase of negotiations with the office of the United States … Continue reading →

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Chile, Argentina, wildfires due to strong winds, extreme temperatures due to climate change

Posted on January 19, 2026 by borderslynn

Chile fires kill at least 18 as firefighters battle extreme heat, winds By Alexander Villegas January 19, 202612:34 AM GMTUpdated 6 hours ago SANTIAGO, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe in two regions in … Continue reading →

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Camels of Asia originated in North America

Posted on April 22, 2020 by borderslynn

The landmass, which is now known as North America, evolved to something like its current “incarnation less than 200 million years ago. Before then, the continent was called Laurentia on its journey back and forth across the equator, as it … Continue reading →

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Arsenic contamination of groundwater, focussing mostly on Argentina and Chile

Posted on June 2, 2019 by borderslynn

During the 130 million years that the South American continent was moving away from Africa, pushed by the continual movement of tectonic plate action, a number of extreme events occurred to the Earth’s crust. The landmass was ever changing, and … Continue reading →

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Southern Gondwana and the formation of South America and South Africa

Posted on April 14, 2019 by borderslynn

As Gondwana was the parent landmass of South America, I am going to spend a while studying the geology in this blog, then the life forms, in further blogs, which existed until the present day in South Africa and on … Continue reading →

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