Alex's trip to Xochimilco
Great news for Xochimilco: our project was successfully funded. Yay! We want to thank you all so so so much for your support and all the shares on social media. UNAM has been on vacation for the mo...
Victor's recent trip through Xochimilco's canals
Victor recently visited Xochimilco to begin choosing where we will take samples from the canals. As mentioned in our map (see below), the use of the canals is different in different places. In the ...
The Past and Present of Xochimilco
Xochimilco's culture is one of the most colorful in the world, and its history the most interesting. We need to do everything we can to protect this ecosystem so that many future generations can us...
The Problem with Atrazine
What is the problem with atrazine? Well, there are many. In this video, Prof. Tyrone Hayes of UC Berkeley explains the issues with atrazine and the politics surrounding it.
What is the technology we will use to sample the waters of Xochimilco?
For her PhD project, Dr. Marisela Bernal-González created a new sampling system for monitoring carbamate and s-triazine pesticides in surface waters (Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 2012). It is bas...