Smithsonian digitizes pollen from 18,000 plant species
Life in Deep Time
How did rainforests and reefs respond to changes in temperature and carbon dioxide in the past? How did species evolve as a result of geological changes? What were tropical ecosystems like before humans? Our scientists address these questions using a rich fossil record. Their investigations look at the rise of the first tropical forests tens of millions of years ago; how marine species diverged after being isolated on either side of the Isthmus of Panama a few million of years ago; and how reefs and forests have changed over thousands of years in response to climate change and human impact.
PollenGeo. Unlocking the full potential of palynology (Public talk in Spanish)
Marine resource use has influenced human population on the Central American Isthmus for millennia
Human fishing reshaped Caribbean reef food webs, 7000-year old exposed fossilized reefs reveal
Archaeologists study the connections between the deceased buried at Cerro Juan Díaz, Panama
Rediscovering the Undiscovered: Revitalizing the Cerro Juan Diaz Archaeological Ceramic Collection (Presentation in Spanish)
