A Natural Revolution | Aftermath: Puerto Ricans Rebuild After Maria
Young farmers and researchers across Puerto Rico are applying lessons from forest regrowth to create more sustainable ecosystems. In some ways, they are emulating El Yunque National …
Resilience In Puerto Rico’s Tropical Forests After Hurricane Maria
Sep 14, 2018 · When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in 2017, the direct hit turned a green island brown. Vast areas of forest were defoliated, or stripped of their leaves and branches. …
Hurricane Maria Devastated Puerto Rico's Forests | NOVA | PBS
Mar 25, 2019 · According to a study published today in Nature Communications, the hurricane has wreaked unprecedented havoc on Puerto Rico’s tropical forests, decimating crucial …
Young Puerto Ricans Restore Habitat Damaged by Hurricane Maria …
Apr 10, 2024 · Seven years after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island’s forests, wetlands, and coral reefs still bear scars from the storm. At Jobos Bay National Estuarine …
From Deforestation to Regeneration: The Story of Puerto Rico
May 15, 2023 · Puerto Rico's forest transition has created a self-sustaining new growth forest. The forest transition theory is a model that explains how forest cover changes during a country's …
Puerto Rico's forests have started to recover from Hurricane Maria
Aug 3, 2018 · How were Puerto Rico’s forests affected by Hurricane Maria? Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 as a Category 4 hurricane, with …
While Puerto Rico’s People Still Suffer the Effects of Hurricane Maria …
Aug 1, 2018 · Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained wind speeds just below 155 mph, gusts of 175-195 mph, and …
After the hurricane: Maria’s far-reaching effects on Puerto Rico’s ...
Dec 10, 2018 · Based on data collected at the NSF Luquillo LTER site, Hurricane Maria killed twice as many trees as previous storms and tripled the number of broken trees, found …
Forest Regeneration in Puerto Rico After Hurricane María
Apr 30, 2022 · We used remote sensing data to examine forest regrowth in Puerto Rico for the first four years after Hurricane Maria to develop recommendations on where to focus …
Maria's far-reaching effects on Puerto Rico's watersheds and forests
Dec 12, 2018 · Future storms of Maria's strength could switch the dominant trees in Puerto Rico's forests from tall hardwoods to palms, Uriarte says, with consequences for whether forests take …
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