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Searching for the climate change footprint in the Caribbean

Submitted on 22 April 2015 - 10:03am

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Meteorologist Rafael Méndez Tejeda and geologist Wilson Ramírez are conducting a paleoclimate study in the Lake Enriquillo in the Dominican Republic to understand how is the climate change affecting the Caribbean.

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Very slow recovery for coral reefs in Vieques and Culebra

Submitted on 30 March 2015 - 2:58pm

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Miles of coral reefs in Vieques and Culebra were seriously damaged during decades of military exercises. Recently, researchers at the University of Puerto Rico and NGO Society Marine Environment published a study about the slow recovery of the coral reefs in those areas.

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Scientists study how to protect corals

Submitted on 21 January 2015 - 3:00pm

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This article explains the importance of protecting the corals.

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Pushing the boundaries of neuroscience

Submitted on 28 November 2012 - 1:42pm

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The newly established Puerto Rico Center for Environmental Neuroscience (PRCEN) uses a multidisciplinary approach “to understand the complex interplay of molecular, cellular, organismal, and ecosystem dynamics faced by organisms under the increasingly stressful conditions created by human impacts on the environment,” explained the director of the Institute of Neurobiology, Dr. Steve Treistman. 

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