Generous nature
Weighing costs and benefits of motivating landowners to reforest the Panama Canal Watershed
January 18, 2019
How far should we go when paying for natural services? Economic sciences can help us calculate the exact amount
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.
A unique project, integrating river and oceanic data, aims to shed light onto the drivers of marine hypoxia
Sweat bees navigate through dark tropical forests guided by canopy patterns.
The accelerated proliferation of these woody vines, due to natural disturbance, is altering forest structure, regeneration and functioning
Eavesdropping behavior in the canopy may answer questions about how acoustic interplay among animals has developed over millions of years in the forest
A new study in Nature combining satellite thermal- and in situ warming data found that a percentage of tropical leaves are already reaching the temperatures at which they can no longer function.
A NASA plane came to Panama to acquire aerial images to inform scientists about the diversity of tropical ecosystems. At the same time, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama collected similar data from the ground. The goal: to create an algorithm to better understand tropical ecosystems using satellite remote sensing in the future.
The air moving above the forest carries valuable information about how trees absorb carbon, and what may happen in the future as global temperatures rise.