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GOES satellite sees bulk of Ida's clouds and rain inland while center making landfall

Tropical Storm Ida made landfall around 6:40 a.m. ET this morning on Dauphin Island, along the Alabama coastline.

Catching a killer one spore at a time

A workshop at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama has dramatically improved the ability of conservationists and regulatory agencies to monitor the spread of chytridiomycosis -- one of the deadliest frog diseases on Earth.

Pollution-resistant Microorganisms Key to Detecting Water Contamination in Southern Waterways

With a $165,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, Dr.

Fossil teeth of browsing horse found in Panama Canal earthworks

Rushing to salvage fossils from the Panama Canal earthworks, Aldo Rincon, paleontology intern at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, unearthed a set of fossil teeth. Bruce J.



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