Panama’s Plentiful Plants
An invitation from Mireya Correa
August 23, 2013
The director of Panama’s herbaria invite visiting researchers to use these valuable resources of Panama’s astounding plant biodiversity.
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Tropical Dome Project
Solar domes simulate extreme futureclimate scenarios
June 14, 2017
How will tropical forests respond to a warmer climate with higher atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations? By growing plants in geodesic domes, Smithsonian scientist Klaus Winter is seeking answers.
Adjusting to climate change
Tropical dark respiration data tweak climate model
September 27, 2017
What do warmer nights mean for the release of carbon dioxide by tropical forests?
Window to the past
How long has Central America been so biologically diverse?
September 28, 2017
20-million-year-old fossil seeds shed light on origins of plant biodiversity in Panama.
Redefining Pristine
Modern marine oxygen-deficiency research inspires search for fossil record
May 11, 2018
Smithsonian scientists who documented massive mortality of corals and reef organisms meticulously studied one of the apparent causes: oxygen deficiency. A Smithsonian paleobiologist asks if the recent fossil record shows signs of similar hypoxia events.
Ocean acidification and reefs
The glue that holds the coral reef together threatened by global change
May 11, 2018
Rapid increases in ocean acidity puts crustose coralline algae in a growth predicament, research by a Smithsonian marine scientist shows.
Save the bees
Pollination guide aims to avert global pollination crisis
May 21, 2018
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published a newly revised version of The pollination of cultivated plants: A compendium for practitioners, edited by STRI staff scientist, David Roubik. Its release this year coincides with the first World Bee Day, on May 20 and contributes to awareness of the importance of pollinators for food security and conservation and direct steps to save them.
