Scientists of the Soil Science and Geopharmacy Research Group of the University of Granada (Spain), directed by Rafael Delgado, have discovered and characterized a new type of atmospheric particle that develops similarly to hail, which could be useful for the study of relevant atmospheric reactions from Earth.
UPR’s Medical Sciences Campus (MSC) is counting fungi spores and pollen in the air of the metropolitan zone to know if they are causes of allergies.
The supposed shortage of the Puerto Rican boa has been attributed to the mongoose (squirrel in Puerto Rico). This article argues against this asseveration.
Puerto Rico has a per capita incidence of asthma among the highest in the world, and children are nearly 300 percent more likely to have the respiratory ailment than white non-Hispanic children in the continental United States.