NCA4

Puerto Rico at the mercy of climate change

Submitted by Isabel Katsí Parés-Ramos on 13 March 2019 - 7:26pm

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.

PR-SPAN Ambassadors in action: Climate Change and the onslaught of Hurricane María

Submitted by Flavia A Tejeda on 10 December 2018 - 11:57am

During the past months, ambassadors of the PR-SPAN have been part of important investigations that reflect the current climate state, effects of climate change and the impacts of atmospheric phenomena inside and outside of Puerto Rico. Last November, the United States Congress published the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), a report on climate change in the United States and its territories. Isabel K. Parés-Ramos, environmental scientist and PR-SPAN ambassador, was part of the group of researchers who led the chapter on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.