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Reproducimos un texto sobre la iniciativa de Casa Pueblo, en la que participa la Universidad de Puerto Rico, para presentar opciones al consumo energético en la isla. Decidimos publicar el escrito en el idioma en que fue redactado originalmente. 

Various efforts are being made to lower Puerto Rico’s energy consumption, and the following story illustrates a vivid one.

The Biomedical Research Education Program (BREP) of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Medical Sciences Campus (MSC) held its Annual Biomedical Summer Internships for middle and high school students during the month of June.  Twenty three (24) Middle School students and twenty eight (27) High School students from three different educational districts participated in the internships. 

Guánica Dry Forest was selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as an international scientific center to monitor climate change.

To read the original article, visit the Spanish version of this site.

Puerto Rican ecologist Gerardo Rafael Camilo Rivera studies the decrease in the population of pollinators, like bees and butterflies.

The original article is available in Spanish.

A shark that has been monitored was recently track swimming in the south of Puerto Rico. Researchers at Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) announced that “St. Mary’s”, shark's name, was escaping the cold temperatures and was swimming in the Caribbean waters.  

Dr. David Jenkins and his team investigated what kind of arthropods were intercepted entering or exiting Puerto Rico on plant, fruits or vegetables.

The original version of this article is in Spanish. You can read it by clicking on ESPAÑOL on the top right of your screen.