climate change

Four Community Lessons on Climate Change

This column was published in El Nuevo Día's Opinion section as part of the collaboration between CienciaPR and that newspaper.…

How Community Leaders in Puerto Rico Navigate Extreme Heat and Climate Change

Community leaders—people who step up to organize and guide their communities, often as volunteers—are on the front lines of…

Climate Change and the Deaf Community in Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico, climate change is not a distant threat, but a daily reality. Record temperatures, more intense floods and…

Identifican especies de un hongo asociado a riesgos respiratorios en casas inundadas tras el huracán María

Un estudio liderado por el Recinto de Ciencias Médicas (RCM) de la 

Taller Virtual “Restauración de Dunas y Manglares – Protegiendo las Costas de Puerto Rico"

Martes, 8 de abril (6:00 PM) | Taller Virtual “Restauración de Dunas y Manglares – Protegiendo las Costas de Puerto Rico" por…

From water shortages to disease: climate change challenges Puerto Rico's cacao industry

At the first Cocoa Symposium, international specialists and Puerto Rican cocoa growers met to evaluate the future of this…

Study on the resilience of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid towers underway this hurricane season

The research, led by Puerto Rican professor Jorge González Cruz of the University at Albany, will last three years

If we are what we eat, what will we be with climate change?

This opinion column was published in El Nuevo Día on July 12, 2024, you can access the column at this link.    I…

"Caribbean Climate Resilience" game created to educate on the effects of climate change

The tool is part of an effort led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Caribbean Climate Center   As part of an…

COMITÉ DE EXPERTOS Y ASESORES SOBRE CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO INVITA A VISTAS PÚBLICAS

¡Participa en las vistas públicas!    El Comité de Expertos y Asesores sobre Cambio Climático (en adelante, “…

Continúa abierta convocatoria para participar en el 3er Festival de Cortometrajes Microrrelatos de Cambio Climático

La UPR en Humacao anuncia que este año el Festival tiene el lema En defensa de nuestras aguas.  (Humacao, PR) - El…

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

Forest fires, torrential rains, droughts and extreme heat affect the countries that supply the archipelago, forcing an increase…