How have tropical oceans endured periods of environmental change over centuries and millennia? Did the reef environment shift after the arrival of humans in the isthmus of Panama thousands of years ago? These are some of the questions that scientists in the O’Dea lab at the Smithsonian Tropical...

Laura Marangoni is a Brazilian coral physiologist studying whether certain coral communities in the Panamanian Pacific have become resistant to climate change. We will join her in an expedition to Coiba National Park to collect corals and back in the laboratory as she explores the ins and outs of...

Parecen mosaicos de baño, pero estas plaquitas cuadradas son una herramienta poderosa para estudiar las dinámicas entorno a los organismos más pequeños del arrecife: las algas, invertebrados marinos y peces chicos. Junto a un equipo de investigación del Smithsonian compuesto por Andrew Sellers,...