Author Archives: mmh13
International Women’s Day: Leidy Apolo and the Impact of GSC’s Community Outreach
One mission of International Women’s Day 2023 is to celebrate women forging change, and we want to recognize Leidy Apolo’s hard work and dedication to developing and implementing community outreach initiatives for the Galapagos Science Center (GSC) for over five … Continued
With Love, From Galapagos
There are so many reasons to love the Galapagos. Hear from researchers at the Galapagos Science Center and leadership from UNC describe why they love these precious islands and can’t wait to continue making a global impact with their work! … Continued
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Visit UNC and USFQ’s Galapagos Science Center to Learn About Global Sustainability Trends
From January 8th to 17th, 2023, a group of 15 MBA students from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and Duke’s Fuqua School of Business had the opportunity to immerse themselves in a 10-day course titled “Sustainable Business Course in Ecuador.” The … Continued
Behind the scenes of a Galapagos research expedition
In November 2022, a group of scientists embarked on a marine expedition to the Galapagos Islands to measure ocean conditions, the health of local wildlife like sea lions and marine iguanas, the impact of plastics on the environment, and more. … Continued
Team of researchers from Galapagos Science Center and Galapagos National Park seek to protect marine biodiversity and understand climate variability through marine expedition
Learn about the history, objectives, methods, and preliminary results The Galápagos Islands are famous for their biodiversity and have been the subject of scientific study since the time of Charles Darwin in the 1830s. This extraordinary biodiversity is due to … Continued
Creative Cartography
Geographer Javier Arce-Nazario uses innovative mapping technologies to help communities in the Galapagos Islands, Puerto Rico and beyond.
Algal Rhythms
As Isabel Silva-Romero collects data for her research, the only sound she hears is her own breathing. Today, her lab is located six meters underwater, in a cove off the coast of San Cristóbal in the Galápagos Archipelago. She uses a metal … Continued
New collaborations and citizen science to better understand cetaceans in the Galapagos
In the fall of 2021, Dani Alarcón, a researcher from the Galapagos Science Center, and Hector Guzman, senior scientist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, first set out to tag blue whales off the coast of the Galapagos … Continued