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Call for climate actions in Puerto Rico

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Wallace Broecker, one of the first scientists to declare that polluting human actions caused climate change died recently. In 1975, Broecker embraced the term "global warming" in a publication for Science, where he showed that high carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the use of fossil fuels increase the Earth's temperature. Puerto Rico is vulnerable to global warming, associated with extreme droughts and intense hurricanes in the Caribbean region. This is one of the findings described by the local and international scientists in the Caribbean chapter of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4). Almost 50 years after Broecker warned about the need to mitigate global warming, climate change is not a topic that is given sufficient priority in the political scene in Puerto Rico. This must change.

Puerto Rico at the mercy of climate change

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This is the first part of a series of two articles.

Global warming is no longer  a problem of the future, is already part of our everyday lives. A month ago, NASA released a report that found  the average temperature of the Earth's surface in 2018 was the fourth hottest in 140 years of records.

Numerous beaches in Puerto Rico have erosion

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A study performed by professors and students from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus together with the Puerto Rico and Caribbean beach network, revealed that 60% of 4,324 analyzed areas in different beaches of the Island presented erosion or sediment loss.

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Coffee: A beloved and threatened treasure from de mountains

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Aurora Rivera Arguinzoni

The proliferation of establishments with coffee as the main attraction is surprising in these moments when agricultural and environmental authorities are warning about the negative effects of global warming on the coffee industry. Appreciation for this gastronomic treasure attracts tourism in Puerto Rico, from both internal and external travelers.

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Increases to the average temperature in Puerto Rico represents challenge for coffee growers

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New study reveals how climate change could affect areas in the Island that are fit for growing coffee and how this promotes farmers to adopt new practices to sustain productivity.
 

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Global Warming effects observed at El Yunque National Forest

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Cristian Arroyo

A group of experts began observing the effects of global warming in the humid and tropical system of El Yunque. Dr. Tana Wood and her team will evaluate how ecosystems like El Yunque will repond to increasing temperatures through the resarch project TRACE.

For more information, updates and progress of the project please visit the webpage: forestwarming.org.

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Fifth hottest January in Puerto Rican history

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

With an average of 1.1 grades Farenheit above the normal temperature, last month was registered as the fifth hottest January in the climatological history of Puerto Rico, according to data from the National Metereology Service.

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Scientists will study climate change in El Yunque

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

The International Dasonomy Institute will begin a research project which will artificially increase the temperature in four differente areas of El Yunque to study the effects of global warming.

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Presenta tus propuestas de investigacion en Cambio Climatico

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El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) te invita a presentar propuestas de investigación para estudios sobre la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad local al cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe.

El resultado de las investigaciones ganadoras ayudará a aumentar la capacidad de adaptación de los futuros proyectos del BID en toda América Latina y el Caribe (LAC). Consulte más información en los términos de referencia de la convocatoria.

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