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Hurricanes lead to resilience: Good news follows bad for Puerto Rico's tropical forests
Hurricanes tore through NSF's CZO-LTER site in Puerto Rico.
Credit: Omar Gutierrez del Arroyo
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The researchers' field site was severely impacted by hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017.
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Before the 2017 hurricanes: Mist covers NSF's Luquillo tropical forest CZO and LTER sites.
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Scientists collect soil samples from the Luquillo forest to study them for evidence of changes.
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Soil samples look like jars of spices; for the tropical forest, soil is in fact the spice of life.
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Phosphorus is important in forest soils; here, scientists analyze phosphorus levels at Luquillo.
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