Puerto Rico

Hurricane Fiona over Puerto Rico, Sept. 20, 2022. FrankRamspott/iStock/NASA

September 28, 2022

Puerto Ricans: We Won’t Become Resilient Until We Have an Equitable and Just Recovery

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

NASA

September 22, 2022

Hurricane Fiona Spells Misery for Puerto Ricans After Hurricane Maria’s Unheeded Lessons

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Monsoon season in Nowshera Pakistan. Reuters/Fayaz Aziz

September 21, 2022

It’s (Past) Time for Rich Countries Like the US to Pay Up for Climate Loss and Damage

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Lorie Shaull/CC by 2.0

May 26, 2022

La construcción de la resiliencia en una comunidad afro-puertorriqueña depende de criterios feministas

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

A woman at her damaged home in Loíza, Puerto Rico. Lorie Shaull/CC BY 2.0

May 26, 2022

Building Resilience in Afro-Puerto Rican Community Based on Feminist Practices

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

On November 14, 2007, Puerto Rican activist Tito Kayak climbed the construction cranes at the Paseo Caribe project in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and remained perched on a construction crane at the site of a new resort in San Juan for one week, protesting its construction. This is a photo of a blue sky with a yellow construction crane in the foreground, with activist Tito Kayak standing on the crane and a Puerto Rican flag flying at the top.

yasmapaz & ace_heart/Flickr

April 19, 2022

Puerto Rico Deserves Full Benefits of Biden’s Justice40

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Sara López

June 8, 2021

The 2021 Hurricane Season in Puerto Rico Catches the Population Unprepared

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

FURIA, Inc.

May 10, 2021

Insular Areas Climate Change Act: Cambios para fortalecer la respuesta a los desastres climáticos y proteger poblaciones vulnerables

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

FURIA, Inc.

May 10, 2021

Insular Areas Climate Change Act: Strengthen Territories’ Response to Climate Disasters and Protect the Most Vulnerable

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Juan Declet-Barreto

March 10, 2021

123 Years Later, the Unfinished Business of Self-Determination for Puerto Ricans

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Inside the platform of the massive Arecibo Radio Telescope, once the largest radio telescope in the world. Arecibo Observatory/Paulo Friere

December 16, 2020

Rebuild Arecibo Observatory: One Scientist’s Reflection on Advocacy and Research

UCS Science Network

Forest Service photo by Grizelle González

February 28, 2020

Forest Service Budget Cuts Will Deprive US Communities of Forestry Science that Improves Climate Resilience

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Paddy O Sullivan/Unsplash

December 19, 2019

The Climate Decade: A Global Crisis Unveiled, a Global Movement Unleashed

Erika Spanger-Siegfried
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

By Daryana Rivera - Photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0

September 18, 2019

Dos años después de la catástrofe climática, Puerto Rico aparece en el mapamundi

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Jose Jimenez Tirado / Getty Images file

May 23, 2019

PREPA’s Agreement is Terrible for Puerto Rico

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst

Jose Jimenez Tirado / Getty Images file

May 21, 2019

Acuerdo de Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica Es Pésimo Para Puerto Rico

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst

Puerto Rico Capitol Building. Photo credit Wikipedia

March 18, 2019

The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Continues to Weaken

UCS Science Network

Publicsource.org

December 20, 2018

Queremos Sol Puerto Rico: a 100% Local and Extraordinary Resource

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst

Photo: PublicSource

December 17, 2018

Queremos Sol Puerto Rico: un recurso 100% local y extraordinario

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst

CienciaPR’s education specialist, Elvin Estrada, trains educators at the Boys and Girls Club of Puerto Rico/Mónica Feliú-Mójer.

September 24, 2018

Puerto Rico: Maria’s Laboratory for Scientific Collaboration

UCS Science Network

Juan Declet-Barreto

September 13, 2018

Mr President, More Than 3,000 Deaths is Not an “Incredible, Unsung Success”

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Photo: Juan Declet-Barreto

September 10, 2018

Puerto Rican Scientists and the Communities They Serve: “Resistance is Resilience”

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Paula Garcia

September 7, 2018

One Year after Maria, Puerto Rico Deserves a Solid, Resilient, and Healthy Power System

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst

Paula García

September 6, 2018

A un año de María, Puerto Rico merece un sistema eléctrico sólido, resiliente y saludable

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst