Researchers Assess Setbacks After Hurricane Fiona
Researchers Assess Setbacks After Hurricane Fiona
Some areas of Puerto Rico have been hit by flooding and high winds, but long power outages are also impeding scientists’ work.
Some areas of Puerto Rico have been hit by flooding and high winds, but long power outages are also impeding scientists’ work.
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Famous Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico Collapses
Ashley Yeager | Dec 1, 2020 | 2 min read
A 900-ton equipment platform suspended hundreds of feet above the ground fell and punched a hole in the giant radio dish below, marking a catastrophic end for the iconic observatory.
UPR Hasn’t Paid Some TAs for Nearly Two Months
Katarina Zimmer | Oct 11, 2019 | 5 min read
Graduate students at the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras campus have issued a public statement denouncing their institution over late payments for teaching and research assistants.
Science in Puerto Rico Still Recovering After Hurricane Maria
Katarina Zimmer | Feb 15, 2019 | 8 min read
Scientists at the University of Puerto Rico suffered major setbacks due to damages and delays in repairs, and government austerity measures are adding insult to injury.
Maria, Maria
The Scientist | Feb 1, 2019 | 1 min read
Trek along with NASA scientists surveying the damage to Puerto Rican forests wrought by Hurricane Maria, which slammed into the island in 2017.
Huge Arthropod Declines Documented in Puerto Rican Rainforest
Ashley P. Taylor | Oct 16, 2018 | 2 min read
The study authors attribute the decreases to climate change.
Scientists Unite to Save “Monkey Island” After Hurricane Maria
Shawna Williams | Feb 1, 2018 | 4 min read
Puerto Rico’s Cayo Santiago has hosted decades of research in cognition, primatology, immunization, and other areas.
Operation Monkey Rescue
The Scientist | Jan 31, 2018 | 1 min read
Meet the people trying to save a research colony of rhesus macaques living on a small island off the coast of hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Damage May Mean Drug Shortages
Ashley P. Taylor | Oct 11, 2017 | 2 min read
Three weeks after Hurricane Maria hit the island, pharmaceutical plants are not back up to speed.
How Animals and Plants Weather Hurricanes
Ashley Yeager | Oct 6, 2017 | 4 min read
Studies suggest not all critters fare well in extreme weather, though some thrive.
University of Puerto Rico Closed After Hurricane Maria
Ashley P. Taylor | Sep 25, 2017 | 2 min read
The pause on campus operations, which could last a month, is just one example of the hurricane’s devastation.
Research Labs Evacuate Ahead of Irma
The Scientist | Sep 7, 2017 | 3 min read
Scientists leave behind ongoing experiments as the Category 5 hurricane whips through the Caribbean and heads toward the U.S. mainland.