Paradox explained
Fast growth despite phosphorus limitation
March 07, 2018
Individual tree species, not forest communities, respond to changes in phosphorus levels.
Individual tree species, not forest communities, respond to changes in phosphorus levels.
Designed to share a hands-on-science experience, the new, brightly-painted van will make it possible for kids and adults to participate in the excitement of the discovery process in cities and towns across Panama.
How far should we go when paying for natural services? Economic sciences can help us calculate the exact amount
Through the long-term study of different landscapes in the Panama Canal Watershed, and the environmental services they offer, the Agua Salud project aims to use its data to improve human welfare and ensure a more sustainable future throughout the tropics
Charlotte Steeves studies the relationship between land use and seasonal river stream flow at STRI as part of the Agua Salud project. She has been a STRI intern since January 2018. However, her involvement with Panama goes back much further: In some ways it seems like she’s been preparing for this adventure for her whole life.
The Smithsonian’s first marine lab on Panama’s Caribbean coast invites visitors and researchers to experience the diversity of marine ecosystems within a protected space.
Native predators could contribute to controlling the abundance and expansion of invasive species
As part of her doctoral work, Heather Stewart is exploring what factors influence the marine sessile community growing on mangrove roots and what is driving the coral invasion of Bocas del Toro mangrove forests, a unique phenomenon
Warming tropical soils could cause a 9 % increase in atmospheric CO2 this Century.
A unique project, integrating river and oceanic data, aims to shed light onto the drivers of marine hypoxia