4 urgent lessons for Jamaica from Puerto Rico’s troubled hurricane recovery – and how the Jamaican diaspora could help after Melissa
Recovering from one of the Atlantic’s most powerful storms will take months and likely years in some areas.
Tag: Puerto Rico
Photo essay: Images of a changing Puerto Rico
FAU Associate Professor of Anthropology Adriana María Garriga-López shares impressions of the island.
Puerto Rico must not be left in the dark
Residents have endured more than 230 power outages since 2022, disrupting daily life, education and health care.
NSF grant empowers FAU to explore Caribbean climate crisis
Using ethnography, the project will study the experiences of vulnerable communities in the area known as 'Hurricane Alley.'
FAU Harbor Branch launches ‘eConch’ to grow, conserve the queen conch
Intensive fishing and habitat degradation from urbanization and climate change have caused conch populations to dwindle.
Puerto Rico declares an emergency as cases of dengue fever spike
Climate change layered on top of existing issues exacerbate community vulnerability to dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases.
‘It’s very much an icon when you think about the Caribbean’ — Megan Davis of the Queen Conch Lab talks about efforts to restore the species and help Caribbean communities
A Q&A with Megan Davis, Ph.D., director of the Queen Conch Lab and a research professor at FAU Harbor Branch.
What could $1 billion do for Puerto Rico’s energy resilience? Residents have ideas.
As the Department of Energy aims to boost energy reliability in Puerto Rico, local solutions are already doing just that.
Florida’s manatees are starving and government officials need to act quickly to save them and the lagoon system that supports them
By the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board There’s no way to pretend Florida’s manatees aren’t endangered. They are. In every sense ...
Going solar would provide more reliable power and save lives in Puerto Rico
By Ruth Santiago, lawyer and environmental health advocate Hurricane season is well underway and people in Puerto Rico are very ...