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Puerto Rico

A pathway leads to a community water treatment plant in rural southeastern Puerto Rico.
Posted inScience Updates

Sharing Data Helps Puerto Ricans Rebound After Hurricane Maria

by J. Hart, C. Bandaragoda and G. Ramirez-Toro 30 April 20198 October 2021

Recent hurricane seasons left many communities wondering if this is the new normal. Digital infrastructure designed for citizen data collection may help these communities increase resilience.

Instruments at the SJG observatory in Cayey, Puerto Rico, survived Hurricane Maria and recorded the event.
Posted inScience Updates

Seismic Sensors Record a Hurricane’s Roar

by D. C. Wilson, P. Davis, C. Ebeling, C. R. Hutt and K. Hafner 3 August 201824 February 2023

Newly installed infrasound sensors at a Global Seismographic Network station on Puerto Rico recorded the sounds of Hurricane Maria passing overhead.

Destroyed antenna and tide gauge
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Hurricanes Expose Vulnerabilities in Puerto Rico Seismic Network

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 12 December 20176 June 2022

Could overreliance on cell networks to transmit data leave instruments in the dark after the next storm hits?

Researchers study a tree’s roots
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Major Federal Tropical Research Project to Cease 7 Years Early

by G. Popkin 11 December 201720 March 2023

The Department of Energy shutters a project aimed at improving climate models less than halfway through the expected decade-long run.

Water flows along a knickpoint in the Luquillo Mountains.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Do Tropical Forests Slow Knickpoints in Rivers?

by W. Yan 1 July 201627 April 2022

Using Puerto Rico's Luquillo Mountains as a case study, scientists use the region's geological history to study how knickpoints—areas where there's a sharp change in the river's slope—move over time.

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