Environmental and agricultural sciences

Oportunidades de empleo - Luquillo LTER (UPRRP)

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Buenas tardes. Por este medio, el equipo de LUQ LTER desea notificar de oportunidades educativas en el campo de la ecología y trabajo de campo en la estación experimental en El Verde, Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Ver las anuncios adjuntos. También si es posible, por favor distribuya estos anuncios para las distintas oportunidades dentro de sus contactos. Gracias por su atención.

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Climate change threatens imports and increases Puerto Rico's food vulnerability

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Carlos Tolentino Rosario y Amanda Pérez Pintado

Forest fires, torrential rains, droughts and extreme heat affect the countries that supply the archipelago, forcing an increase in local production, according to experts.

 

On an island that imports 85% of what it consumes, seeing the shelves full of products in supermarkets, despite the fact that the last natural disaster was a year ago with Hurricane Fiona, does not hide an irrefutable fact: Puerto Rico is at the mercy of the ravages of climate change in the countries that supply it with food, agreed multiple voices consulted by El Nuevo Día.

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Puerto Rican scientific community promotes innovation against microplastics

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Rose Schnabel

Although these tiny particles continue to contribute to the water pollution problem, local researchers are exploring new solutions.


"These are everyday sights in Puerto Rico today," said Jorge Bauzá, pointing to photos of piles of plastic bottles, garbage bags and foam coolers piled up on idyllic beaches.

"We still have a long way to go to change this plastic culture," emphasized the oceanographer and scientific director of the San Juan Bay Estuary Program, during the annual conference of the Puerto Rico College of Chemists -PR Chem- held recently.

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Puerto Rican Professor Selected as USDA Agricultural Research Service Scholar

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The collaborations that Dr. Elizabeth Padilla Crespo formed with researchers from the federal Department of Agriculture will allow her to take her work "to the next level".
A research professor from the Aguadilla campus of the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico was the only Puerto Rican chosen, along with seven other U.S. researchers, by the federal Department of Agriculture (USDA) to participate as a Science Fellow in the 2023 Kika de la Garza Fellowship Program.

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Posiciones abiertas para asistente de investigación (clínico/social/comportamiento)

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We are looking for an immediate hire of multiple Research Assistant/Interviewer positions at FDI Clinical Research in San Juan, Puerto Rico to implement the protocols for data collection for the NIH-funded PROSPECT project, an island-wide observational study of cardiovascular risk factors among adults in Puerto Rico. The project and the position will be supervised by Dr. Josiemer Mattei at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Dr. Jose F.

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Posiciones abiertas para asistente de investigación (clínico/social/comportamiento)

Josiemer Mattei's picture

We are looking for an immediate hire of multiple Research Assistant/Interviewer positions at FDI Clinical Research in San Juan, Puerto Rico to implement the protocols for data collection for the NIH-funded PROSPECT project, an island-wide observational study of cardiovascular risk factors among adults in Puerto Rico. The project and the position will be supervised by Dr. Josiemer Mattei at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Dr. Jose F.

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Request for Information: Data for Marine Spatial Studies in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

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  • NOAA’s National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science in partnership with the National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center and Southeast Regional Office are working to build spatial science capacity in the U.S. Caribbean Region. This helps to ensure an equitable use of shared ocean resources and address environmental considerations early in marine planning initiatives.

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June 2023 sets precedent as one of the hottest months in Puerto Rico's history

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Carlos Tolentino Rosario

Of the 30 days of the month, there were 26 in which the maximum temperature in San Juan exceeded 90 °F and five in which it reached or exceeded 95 °F.

 

With 20 extreme heat advisories and 27 extreme heat warnings issued, June 2023 set a precedent as one of the hottest months in Puerto Rico's climatological history.

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Puerto Rican goldfinch receives endemic bird designation

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Rose Schnabel

The species is distinguishable by its light blue head, bright yellow belly and rapid song.

 

 

If you hear the goldfinch's melodious song louder this week, it's probably because it's celebrating its designation as Puerto Rico's 19th endemic bird.

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