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Students from Guánica win UNESCO award

Submitted on 20 March 2015 - 8:39pm

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Students from the José Rodríguez de Soto Elementary School in Guánica won the Internationla Photography Contest of UNESCO's Sandwatch Program. For a year the students documented the changes ocurring in their hometown's beaches.

 

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Denouncing recent harm to Guánica's wetlands

Submitted on 2 October 2013 - 5:07pm

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The Departament of Agriculture of Puerto Rico has been blamed for the destruction of 240 acres of wetlands around the Guánica lagoon by a local conservation group. 

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Overheated lizards

Submitted on 25 June 2012 - 12:00am

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A study conducted by a group of puertorican scientists, guided by Dr. Manuel Leal studied how different body temperatures affects the running speed of the lizards in the dry forest in Puerto Rico. This article is part of the collaboration between Ciencia Puerto Rico and Diálogo Digital.

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