Haciendo visible el origen del agua y las aguas más limpias del planeta

Cuarto capítulo de la exposición virtual de Ricardo Rozzi et al., De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile.

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

Chile es una tierra dibujada al ritmo de la propia naturaleza. Es un laboratorio natural que nos invita a mirar hacia arriba, al macrocosmos, y hacia abajo, al microcosmos. En ambos extremos de este largo y angosto país, las actividades científicas tienen un gran impacto global. Actualmente, más del 50 % de las observaciones astronómicas del mundo utilizan los telescopios del Observatorio Europeo Austral (ESO por su acrónimo en inglés) y de otras instituciones instaladas en el Desierto de Atacama, en el norte de Chile. Complementariamente, en su extremo sur, Chile estableció el Centro Internacional Cabo de Hornos para Estudios de Cambio Global y Conservación Biocultural (CHIC) para investigar los microcosmos, desde el organismo más grande, el planeta Tierra, hasta los más pequeños. El CHIC explora diversas formas de conocimiento y valores para comprender y proteger la biosfera en el contexto del cambio socio ambiental global. Esta exposición virtual potencia la integración de las ciencias, las artes y las humanidades mediante una novedosa asociación con el Centro Rachel Carson para el Medio Ambiente y la Sociedad, invitando a los visitantes a dejarse encantar a través de las múltiples escalas del cosmos.

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Contador, Tamara

Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation, Chile

Tamara Contador is a professor and researcher at the University of Magallanes in Chile. She is a researcher at the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), at the Millennium Institute for Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), and at the Millennium Nucleus of Invasive Salmonids (INVASAL). Her research focuses onnadaptations of terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates to climate change, particularly in subantarctic and antarctic ecosystems. She works at Omora Park in Navarino Island, where she seeks to promote the integration of environmental ethics and ecological sciences to contribute to biocultural conservation in freshwater ecosystems.

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de Gregorio-Monsalvo, Itziar

European Southern Observatory

Itziar de Gregorio-Monsalvo is an astrophysicist at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, where she acts as head of the Office for Science and as faculty chair. Before, she was the head of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array Program management group. She did her PhD at the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology, using the NASA Deep Space Network antennas to perform star-formation studies at centimeter wavelengths. She joined ESO in 2006 as an ESO ALMA fellow with duties at the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope, the Atacama Test Facility in Socorro, New Mexico, and the Operations Support Facilities near San Pedro de Atacama, in Chile. Her research focuses on stars, brown dwarfs, and planet formation.

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Laboratorios naturales

Quinto capítulo de la exposición virtual de Ricardo Rozzi et al., De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile.

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

Chile es una tierra dibujada al ritmo de la propia naturaleza. Es un laboratorio natural que nos invita a mirar hacia arriba, al macrocosmos, y hacia abajo, al microcosmos. En ambos extremos de este largo y angosto país, las actividades científicas tienen un gran impacto global. Actualmente, más del 50 % de las observaciones astronómicas del mundo utilizan los telescopios del Observatorio Europeo Austral (ESO por su acrónimo en inglés) y de otras instituciones instaladas en el Desierto de Atacama, en el norte de Chile. Complementariamente, en su extremo sur, Chile estableció el Centro Internacional Cabo de Hornos para Estudios de Cambio Global y Conservación Biocultural (CHIC) para investigar los microcosmos, desde el organismo más grande, el planeta Tierra, hasta los más pequeños. El CHIC explora diversas formas de conocimiento y valores para comprender y proteger la biosfera en el contexto del cambio socio ambiental global. Esta exposición virtual potencia la integración de las ciencias, las artes y las humanidades mediante una novedosa asociación con el Centro Rachel Carson para el Medio Ambiente y la Sociedad, invitando a los visitantes a dejarse encantar a través de las múltiples escalas del cosmos.

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Rozzi, Ricardo

Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation, Chile

Ricardo Rozzi is a Chilean ecologist and philosopher. Rozzi is a professor at the University of North Texas in the United States and at the University of Magallanes in Chile, where he is director of the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC). He has coined three interrelated terms: “biocultural conservation,” “biocultural homogenization,” and “biocultural ethics.” The latter values the vital links between the lifestyles of coinhabitants who share a common habitat. He led the establishment of the UNESCO Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (2005) and the Diego Ramírez Islands - Drake Passage Marine Park (2019). He also first introduced the “field environmental philosophy” methodology for biocultural education, generating innovations in special-interest tourism themes and activities, such as “Ecotourism with a Hand Lens.”

orcid.org/0000-0001-5265-8726

Chavarría, Luis

European Southern Observatory

Luis Chavarría holds a BS and a PhD in science with a major in astronomy from the University of Chile. He carried out his doctoral-thesis research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and has done postdoctoral studies in Chile, France, and Spain, focusing on projects related to the star-formation process. In 2013 he joined the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) as support astronomer and Chilean coordinator for the APEX (Atacama Pathfinder Experiment) telescope. In 2016 he became the director of the Astronomy Program, coordinating strategies to strengthen international collaboration and support the immense and growing scientific infrastructure installed in Chile to the benefit of the local scientific community. In 2021 he joined the European Southern Observatory (ESO) as the ESO representative in Chile. He became the first Chilean citizen to fill this position in the 60 years of ESO.

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El ecoturismo con lupas y el astroturismo con telescopios

Sexto capítulo de la exposición virtual de Ricardo Rozzi et al., De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile.

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

Chile es una tierra dibujada al ritmo de la propia naturaleza. Es un laboratorio natural que nos invita a mirar hacia arriba, al macrocosmos, y hacia abajo, al microcosmos. En ambos extremos de este largo y angosto país, las actividades científicas tienen un gran impacto global. Actualmente, más del 50 % de las observaciones astronómicas del mundo utilizan los telescopios del Observatorio Europeo Austral (ESO por su acrónimo en inglés) y de otras instituciones instaladas en el Desierto de Atacama, en el norte de Chile. Complementariamente, en su extremo sur, Chile estableció el Centro Internacional Cabo de Hornos para Estudios de Cambio Global y Conservación Biocultural (CHIC) para investigar los microcosmos, desde el organismo más grande, el planeta Tierra, hasta los más pequeños. El CHIC explora diversas formas de conocimiento y valores para comprender y proteger la biosfera en el contexto del cambio socio ambiental global. Esta exposición virtual potencia la integración de las ciencias, las artes y las humanidades mediante una novedosa asociación con el Centro Rachel Carson para el Medio Ambiente y la Sociedad, invitando a los visitantes a dejarse encantar a través de las múltiples escalas del cosmos.

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Garcia Corrales, Miguel

Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation, Chile

Miguel Garcia Corrales is a professional and academic with more than 20 years of experience in the development of studies and projects related to landscape, heritage, environmental evaluation of projects, and sustainable tourism, with a focus on Latin America. His research and projects have focused on the study of the natural and cultural landscape as fundamental assets for the endogenous development of sustainable tourism. For 10 years he has been an associate professor at the School of Architecture and Landscape, Central University of Chile, project director at the Institute of Tourist Heritage, Central University of Chile, and since 2023 he has been responsible for the tourism area of the Cape Horn International Center (Basal-ANID) led by the University of Magallanes.

Tauro, Alejandra

Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation, Chile

Alejandra Tauro is an Argentinean biologist who works at El Colegio de Puebla, at the National Science and Technology Council, Mexico, and at the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Chile. She graduated as a biologist and professor of biology at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. She obtained a master’s degree and a doctorate in sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and a master’s degree in sustainable development from the University of Lanús / FLACAM-CEPA, Argentina. Her research focuses on ecology and conservation biology, incorporating a biocultural perspective and inter- and transdisciplinary methodologies to address the heterogeneity of links between human well-being and nature. Tauro has worked at the interface between academia and civil society organizations, contributing to biocultural conservation practices that foster community and inter-actor collaboration.

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Haciendo visible el carbono y el cambio climático

Tercer capítulo de la exposición virtual de Ricardo Rozzi et al., De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile.

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

Chile es una tierra dibujada al ritmo de la propia naturaleza. Es un laboratorio natural que nos invita a mirar hacia arriba, al macrocosmos, y hacia abajo, al microcosmos. En ambos extremos de este largo y angosto país, las actividades científicas tienen un gran impacto global. Actualmente, más del 50 % de las observaciones astronómicas del mundo utilizan los telescopios del Observatorio Europeo Austral (ESO por su acrónimo en inglés) y de otras instituciones instaladas en el Desierto de Atacama, en el norte de Chile. Complementariamente, en su extremo sur, Chile estableció el Centro Internacional Cabo de Hornos para Estudios de Cambio Global y Conservación Biocultural (CHIC) para investigar los microcosmos, desde el organismo más grande, el planeta Tierra, hasta los más pequeños. El CHIC explora diversas formas de conocimiento y valores para comprender y proteger la biosfera en el contexto del cambio socio ambiental global. Esta exposición virtual potencia la integración de las ciencias, las artes y las humanidades mediante una novedosa asociación con el Centro Rachel Carson para el Medio Ambiente y la Sociedad, invitando a los visitantes a dejarse encantar a través de las múltiples escalas del cosmos.

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Goffinet, Bernard

University of Connecticut, USA

Bernard Goffinet is a professor in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut. His research interests focus on the diversity and evolution of mosses and lichens based on field work in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. He also engages in enhancing awareness of these lesser-known organisms through walks, books, and exhibits. He completed his BS and MS at the University of Liège, with a thesis focused on epiphytes in old growth forests, and earned his PhD at the University of Alberta for his study on the evolution of mosses. He has edited and written several books and is currently the president of the International Association of Bryologists. You can learn more about his work here.

Smette, Alain

European Southern Observatory

Alain Smette has been an operations staff astronomer at the European Southern Observatory since 2004. He received his PhD from the University of Liège, Belgium, in 1994. After a postdoc at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, he became a research associate at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, then returned to Liège in 2001. His research interests include the study of absorption lines in the spectra of quasars and gamma-ray burst optical afterglows, gravitational lensing, and active galactic nuclei. As a member of the Science Operations department at Paranal, he was successively the instrument scientist for the VISIR then CRIRES instruments, and instrument operations team coordinator. He is currently a system scientist in the system engineering group at the Paranal Observatory.

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Diversidad y belleza

Segundo capítulo de la exposición virtual de Ricardo Rozzi et al., De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile.

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

Chile es una tierra dibujada al ritmo de la propia naturaleza. Es un laboratorio natural que nos invita a mirar hacia arriba, al macrocosmos, y hacia abajo, al microcosmos. En ambos extremos de este largo y angosto país, las actividades científicas tienen un gran impacto global. Actualmente, más del 50 % de las observaciones astronómicas del mundo utilizan los telescopios del Observatorio Europeo Austral (ESO por su acrónimo en inglés) y de otras instituciones instaladas en el Desierto de Atacama, en el norte de Chile. Complementariamente, en su extremo sur, Chile estableció el Centro Internacional Cabo de Hornos para Estudios de Cambio Global y Conservación Biocultural (CHIC) para investigar los microcosmos, desde el organismo más grande, el planeta Tierra, hasta los más pequeños. El CHIC explora diversas formas de conocimiento y valores para comprender y proteger la biosfera en el contexto del cambio socio ambiental global. Esta exposición virtual potencia la integración de las ciencias, las artes y las humanidades mediante una novedosa asociación con el Centro Rachel Carson para el Medio Ambiente y la Sociedad, invitando a los visitantes a dejarse encantar a través de las múltiples escalas del cosmos.

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Rozzi, Ricardo

Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation, Chile

Ricardo Rozzi is a Chilean ecologist and philosopher. Rozzi is a professor at the University of North Texas in the United States and at the University of Magallanes in Chile, where he is director of the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC). He has coined three interrelated terms: “biocultural conservation,” “biocultural homogenization,” and “biocultural ethics.” The latter values the vital links between the lifestyles of coinhabitants who share a common habitat. He led the establishment of the UNESCO Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (2005) and the Diego Ramírez Islands - Drake Passage Marine Park (2019). He also first introduced the “field environmental philosophy” methodology for biocultural education, generating innovations in special-interest tourism themes and activities, such as “Ecotourism with a Hand Lens.”

orcid.org/0000-0001-5265-8726

Paneque Carreño, Teresa

European Southern Observatory

Teresa Paneque Carreño has an MS in astronomy and is currently a doctoral candidate at the European Southern Observatory, through the International Max Planck Research School program, and at the University of Leiden. She is also a topselling author of the multivolume children’s books El Universo Segun Carlota (2021–2023) and does astronomy outreach through social media (@terepaneque). Her scientific interests revolve around planet-formation processes and the distribution and abundance of molecules in protoplanetary disks.

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Historia de la exploración

Primer capítulo de la exposición virtual de Ricardo Rozzi et al., De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile.

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

Chile es una tierra dibujada al ritmo de la propia naturaleza. Es un laboratorio natural que nos invita a mirar hacia arriba, al macrocosmos, y hacia abajo, al microcosmos. En ambos extremos de este largo y angosto país, las actividades científicas tienen un gran impacto global. Actualmente, más del 50 % de las observaciones astronómicas del mundo utilizan los telescopios del Observatorio Europeo Austral (ESO por su acrónimo en inglés) y de otras instituciones instaladas en el Desierto de Atacama, en el norte de Chile. Complementariamente, en su extremo sur, Chile estableció el Centro Internacional Cabo de Hornos para Estudios de Cambio Global y Conservación Biocultural (CHIC) para investigar los microcosmos, desde el organismo más grande, el planeta Tierra, hasta los más pequeños. El CHIC explora diversas formas de conocimiento y valores para comprender y proteger la biosfera en el contexto del cambio socio ambiental global. Esta exposición virtual potencia la integración de las ciencias, las artes y las humanidades mediante una novedosa asociación con el Centro Rachel Carson para el Medio Ambiente y la Sociedad, invitando a los visitantes a dejarse encantar a través de las múltiples escalas del cosmos.

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Rozzi, Ricardo

Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation, Chile

Ricardo Rozzi is a Chilean ecologist and philosopher. Rozzi is a professor at the University of North Texas in the United States and at the University of Magallanes in Chile, where he is director of the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC). He has coined three interrelated terms: “biocultural conservation,” “biocultural homogenization,” and “biocultural ethics.” The latter values the vital links between the lifestyles of coinhabitants who share a common habitat. He led the establishment of the UNESCO Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (2005) and the Diego Ramírez Islands - Drake Passage Marine Park (2019). He also first introduced the “field environmental philosophy” methodology for biocultural education, generating innovations in special-interest tourism themes and activities, such as “Ecotourism with a Hand Lens.”

orcid.org/0000-0001-5265-8726

Leibundgut, Bruno

European Southern Observatory

Bruno Leibundgut’s career as an astrophysicist spans more than 30 years. His scientific contributions range from the nucleosynthesis in stellar explosions to the evolution of the universe. After completing his PhD at the University of Basel, Switzerland, he held positions as junior researcher at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, and the University of California, Berkeley. For nearly 30 years he has been an astrophysicist at the European Southern Observatory (ESO). He held various positions within this intergovernmental organization, among them director for science. Bruno Leibundgut is deeply involved in the operations of large telescopes and currently serves as program scientist of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Since 2012 he has also held an honorary professorship at the Technical University of Munich.

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Ecotourism with Hand Lenses and Astrotourism with Telescopes

Sixth chapter of Ricardo Rozzi et al.’s virtual exhibition, From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories.

From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories

Chile is a land drawn with the rhythm of nature itself. It is a natural laboratory that invites us to look up into the macrocosm and down into the microcosm. At both extremes of this long and narrow country, science activities have a major global impact. Today, over 50 percent of the world’s astronomical observations use the telescopes of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutions installed in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Complementarily, at its southern end Chile established the Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation (CHIC) to investigate the microcosms, from the largest organism, planet Earth, to the smallest ones. CHIC explores diverse forms of knowledge and values to understand and protect the biosphere in the context of global socio-environmental change. This virtual exhibition enhances the integration of the sciences, arts, and humanities through a novel partnership with the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, inviting visitors to be enchanted across the multiple scales of the cosmos.

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Garcia Corrales, Miguel

Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation, Chile

Miguel Garcia Corrales is a professional and academic with more than 20 years of experience in the development of studies and projects related to landscape, heritage, environmental evaluation of projects, and sustainable tourism, with a focus on Latin America. His research and projects have focused on the study of the natural and cultural landscape as fundamental assets for the endogenous development of sustainable tourism. For 10 years he has been an associate professor at the School of Architecture and Landscape, Central University of Chile, project director at the Institute of Tourist Heritage, Central University of Chile, and since 2023 he has been responsible for the tourism area of the Cape Horn International Center (Basal-ANID) led by the University of Magallanes.

Tauro, Alejandra

Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation, Chile

Alejandra Tauro is an Argentinean biologist who works at El Colegio de Puebla, at the National Science and Technology Council, Mexico, and at the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Chile. She graduated as a biologist and professor of biology at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. She obtained a master’s degree and a doctorate in sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and a master’s degree in sustainable development from the University of Lanús / FLACAM-CEPA, Argentina. Her research focuses on ecology and conservation biology, incorporating a biocultural perspective and inter- and transdisciplinary methodologies to address the heterogeneity of links between human well-being and nature. Tauro has worked at the interface between academia and civil society organizations, contributing to biocultural conservation practices that foster community and inter-actor collaboration.

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Natural Laboratories

Fifth chapter of Ricardo Rozzi et al.’s virtual exhibition, From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories.

From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories

Chile is a land drawn with the rhythm of nature itself. It is a natural laboratory that invites us to look up into the macrocosm and down into the microcosm. At both extremes of this long and narrow country, science activities have a major global impact. Today, over 50 percent of the world’s astronomical observations use the telescopes of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutions installed in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Complementarily, at its southern end Chile established the Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation (CHIC) to investigate the microcosms, from the largest organism, planet Earth, to the smallest ones. CHIC explores diverse forms of knowledge and values to understand and protect the biosphere in the context of global socio-environmental change. This virtual exhibition enhances the integration of the sciences, arts, and humanities through a novel partnership with the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, inviting visitors to be enchanted across the multiple scales of the cosmos.

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Rozzi, Ricardo

Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation, Chile

Ricardo Rozzi is a Chilean ecologist and philosopher. Rozzi is a professor at the University of North Texas in the United States and at the University of Magallanes in Chile, where he is director of the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC). He has coined three interrelated terms: “biocultural conservation,” “biocultural homogenization,” and “biocultural ethics.” The latter values the vital links between the lifestyles of coinhabitants who share a common habitat. He led the establishment of the UNESCO Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (2005) and the Diego Ramírez Islands - Drake Passage Marine Park (2019). He also first introduced the “field environmental philosophy” methodology for biocultural education, generating innovations in special-interest tourism themes and activities, such as “Ecotourism with a Hand Lens.”

orcid.org/0000-0001-5265-8726

Chavarría, Luis

European Southern Observatory

Luis Chavarría holds a BS and a PhD in science with a major in astronomy from the University of Chile. He carried out his doctoral-thesis research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and has done postdoctoral studies in Chile, France, and Spain, focusing on projects related to the star-formation process. In 2013 he joined the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) as support astronomer and Chilean coordinator for the APEX (Atacama Pathfinder Experiment) telescope. In 2016 he became the director of the Astronomy Program, coordinating strategies to strengthen international collaboration and support the immense and growing scientific infrastructure installed in Chile to the benefit of the local scientific community. In 2021 he joined the European Southern Observatory (ESO) as the ESO representative in Chile. He became the first Chilean citizen to fill this position in the 60 years of ESO.

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Making the Origin of Water and the Cleanest Waters on the Planet Visible

Fourth chapter of Ricardo Rozzi et al.’s virtual exhibition, From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories.

From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories

Chile is a land drawn with the rhythm of nature itself. It is a natural laboratory that invites us to look up into the macrocosm and down into the microcosm. At both extremes of this long and narrow country, science activities have a major global impact. Today, over 50 percent of the world’s astronomical observations use the telescopes of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutions installed in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Complementarily, at its southern end Chile established the Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation (CHIC) to investigate the microcosms, from the largest organism, planet Earth, to the smallest ones. CHIC explores diverse forms of knowledge and values to understand and protect the biosphere in the context of global socio-environmental change. This virtual exhibition enhances the integration of the sciences, arts, and humanities through a novel partnership with the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, inviting visitors to be enchanted across the multiple scales of the cosmos.

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Contador, Tamara

Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation, Chile

Tamara Contador is a professor and researcher at the University of Magallanes in Chile. She is a researcher at the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), at the Millennium Institute for Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), and at the Millennium Nucleus of Invasive Salmonids (INVASAL). Her research focuses onnadaptations of terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates to climate change, particularly in subantarctic and antarctic ecosystems. She works at Omora Park in Navarino Island, where she seeks to promote the integration of environmental ethics and ecological sciences to contribute to biocultural conservation in freshwater ecosystems.

orcid.org/0000-0002-0250-9877

de Gregorio-Monsalvo, Itziar

European Southern Observatory

Itziar de Gregorio-Monsalvo is an astrophysicist at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, where she acts as head of the Office for Science and as faculty chair. Before, she was the head of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array Program management group. She did her PhD at the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology, using the NASA Deep Space Network antennas to perform star-formation studies at centimeter wavelengths. She joined ESO in 2006 as an ESO ALMA fellow with duties at the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope, the Atacama Test Facility in Socorro, New Mexico, and the Operations Support Facilities near San Pedro de Atacama, in Chile. Her research focuses on stars, brown dwarfs, and planet formation.

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Making Carbon and Climate Change Visible

Third chapter of Ricardo Rozzi et al.’s virtual exhibition, From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories.

From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories

Chile is a land drawn with the rhythm of nature itself. It is a natural laboratory that invites us to look up into the macrocosm and down into the microcosm. At both extremes of this long and narrow country, science activities have a major global impact. Today, over 50 percent of the world’s astronomical observations use the telescopes of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutions installed in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Complementarily, at its southern end Chile established the Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation (CHIC) to investigate the microcosms, from the largest organism, planet Earth, to the smallest ones. CHIC explores diverse forms of knowledge and values to understand and protect the biosphere in the context of global socio-environmental change. This virtual exhibition enhances the integration of the sciences, arts, and humanities through a novel partnership with the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, inviting visitors to be enchanted across the multiple scales of the cosmos.

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Goffinet, Bernard

University of Connecticut, USA

Bernard Goffinet is a professor in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut. His research interests focus on the diversity and evolution of mosses and lichens based on field work in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. He also engages in enhancing awareness of these lesser-known organisms through walks, books, and exhibits. He completed his BS and MS at the University of Liège, with a thesis focused on epiphytes in old growth forests, and earned his PhD at the University of Alberta for his study on the evolution of mosses. He has edited and written several books and is currently the president of the International Association of Bryologists. You can learn more about his work here.

Smette, Alain

European Southern Observatory

Alain Smette has been an operations staff astronomer at the European Southern Observatory since 2004. He received his PhD from the University of Liège, Belgium, in 1994. After a postdoc at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, he became a research associate at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, then returned to Liège in 2001. His research interests include the study of absorption lines in the spectra of quasars and gamma-ray burst optical afterglows, gravitational lensing, and active galactic nuclei. As a member of the Science Operations department at Paranal, he was successively the instrument scientist for the VISIR then CRIRES instruments, and instrument operations team coordinator. He is currently a system scientist in the system engineering group at the Paranal Observatory.

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Haciendo visible el origen del agua y las aguas más limpias del planeta

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

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Laboratorios naturales

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

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El ecoturismo con lupas y el astroturismo con telescopios

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

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Haciendo visible el carbono y el cambio climático

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

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Diversidad y belleza

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

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Historia de la exploración

De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile

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Ecotourism with Hand Lenses and Astrotourism with Telescopes

From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories

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Natural Laboratories

From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories

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Making the Origin of Water and the Cleanest Waters on the Planet Visible

From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories

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Making Carbon and Climate Change Visible

From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories

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