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?
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Stabilize the Climate
A Temperature Tipping Point for Tropical Forests
May 21, 2020
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.
Botanical detective
Microscopic wood analyses reveal source of cathedral altarpiece
May 12, 2021
Timber anatomy studies help inform conservation and restoration decisions for historical monuments, and may provide previously unknown information about the artistic techniques or materials used in the past
A Pioneer
Panamanian botanist Mireya Correa retires from STRI
June 15, 2021
After more than half a century devoted to her scientific and teaching work, Professor Mireya Correa leaves behind an extensive legacy in Panamanian botany
Dark navigation
First report of dorsal navigation in a flying insect
June 14, 2021
Sweat bees navigate through dark tropical forests guided by canopy patterns.
Vine takeover
Dramatic liana increases in old-growth tropical forests is linked to natural disturbance and climate change
September 29, 2021
The accelerated proliferation of these woody vines, due to natural disturbance, is altering forest structure, regeneration and functioning
Succulent superpower
Engineering drought-resistant plants may be more difficult than it seems
December 17, 2021
The adaptation of certain plants to drought and high temperatures involves a fundamental reprogramming of their metabolism, not just a simple adjustment that can be made by regular plants.
Drone Pilot
Milton Garcia’s Bird’s-Eye-View
June 07, 2018
When he’s not racing his bike cross-country, Milton Garcia is in demand for his expertise flying drones. In the last month, he monitored mangrove deforestation on Panama’s Pacific coast, mapped a new research station in Coiba National Park and tracked blooming trees on Barro Colorado Island, the first plot in an international network of forest monitoring sites.
Zapped survivors
Some tropical trees won’t be defeated by lightning
August 25, 2022
A multi-year study in the tropical forests of the Panama Canal found that the species most frequently damaged by lightning tended to be the most capable of surviving it.
Sneaky
Are bats spying on their prey in the canopy?
October 22, 2019
Eavesdropping behavior in the canopy may answer questions about how acoustic interplay among animals has developed over millions of years in the forest
