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.
As oceans warm and become more acidic and oxygen-poor, Smithsonian researchers asked how marine life on a Caribbean coral reef copes with changing conditions.
Helene Muller-Landau, staff scientist, was invited to write an authoritative review about carbon storage in forests. Her team combed through existing studies and came up with some novel conclusions of their own.
Deforestation scenarios show the importance of secondary forest for meeting Panama’s carbon goals.
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.
Can smart reforestation lessons from the Smithsonian’s Agua Salud Project in the Panama Canal watershed benefit Indigenous communities on deforested land in Western Panama?
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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