Sundance for Science
New nature documentary follows Smithsonian scientists underwater
October 19, 2020
Deep reefs may represent one of the most diverse, underexplored ecosystems on the planet.
Deep reefs may represent one of the most diverse, underexplored ecosystems on the planet.
Lightning is common in the tropics, but its ecological effects in tropical forests are poorly understood. Steve Yanoviak, STRI research associate and professor at the University of Louisville, will summarize the basic physics of lightning, how we study lightning in Panama and the importance of lightning as an agent of tropical tree mortality.
Scientists, students and communicators from Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Spain will spend twelve days on the high seas exploring the biodiversity of Panama’s Cordillera de Coiba seamounts.
Two weeks exploring the Cordillera de Coiba revealed clues about this unknown region.
Explorations have revealed what remains of the roads and new data on their state of conservation, their route and its historical importance for Panama.
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A new collaboration between STRI and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry will make a research vessel available to researchers, educators and marine policy makers working in the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
Tropical storms often begin with an impressive display of pyrotechnics, but researchers have largely overlooked the role of lightning strikes in tropical ecosystems.
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