Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini

In March 2021, as a water resources specialist, I was invited to join the Assessment Group of Earth Sciences (Grupo de Evaluación de Ciencias de la Tierra) of the Chilean Science Foundation (ANID), which is a great honor and responsability. This group has to evaluate science and technologial proposals submitted...

An update of the Chilean Water Balance, led by academics from the University of Chile, reveals the complex local scenario, which apparently will not improve in the coming decades. For more information please visit: Balance Hídrico Nacional revela dramática situación: proyecta escasez de agua de hasta 50% y alza de...

Noticia titulada Entra en vigencia la nueva Ley de Servicios Sanitarios Rurales, donde se describe la nueva Ley N°20.998, la cual permitirá avanzar en forma significativa para garantizar el abastecimiento de agua potable y saneamiento para los habitantes del sector rural.

On September 11th, 2020 the international cooperation project NSFC190018 “Management of global change impacts on hydrological extremes by coupling remote sensing data and an interdisciplinary modelling approach” appeared in the Exploradores 2020 program of the 24 horas Chilean TV channel (national coverage). This short reportage was invited by the Faculty...

Mawün rainfall explorer launched ! After more than one year of development, on September 1st 2020 an unprecedented web platform for exploring gridded precipitation products was launced as a new weather service at the CR2 website: Mawün: Mawün (“rain” in Mapuzungun) is an online platform dedicated to exploring different spatially...