Ancient corals
A time machine that explores the ocean’s past
Mayo 15, 2019
By diving into the past lives of coral reefs, a historical ecologist may protect our present-day reefs from human impacts
By diving into the past lives of coral reefs, a historical ecologist may protect our present-day reefs from human impacts
Giving rise to the richest alpine flora in the world, interconnections between islands of Andean paramo vegetation flicker off and on as global temperatures rise and fall during the last million years
In Bocas del Toro’s Caribbean waters in Panama, a STRI postdoctoral fellow asks how marine life responds to low oxygen levels and higher temperatures in the ocean
Encrusting organisms may be disliked by most people, but they’re helping explore marine conservation and biodiversity concerns
Warming tropical soils could cause a 9 % increase in atmospheric CO2 this Century.
How do microorganisms influence seed survival in the forest?
To understand the effects of urbanization and forest loss on insects, Dumas Gálvez studies the ability of ants to defend themselves against diseases in the city and in nature
Different socio-economic conditions and lack of clean water may change the dynamics of COVID-19 transmission in Latin America and the Caribbean.
A study in Science by 225 researchers working with data from 590 forest sites around the world concludes that tropical forests release much more carbon into the atmosphere at high temperatures.
STRI will miss Kirk and his family when they move back to the U.S., but look forward to continued collaboration.