Current Projects
- NASA – Education, Data and Geosciences in Environmental Justice (EDGE) Institute. North Carolina Central University, University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo, University of Alabama in Huntsville.
- LIT-GEO Proyects: Research Post-Bachelor Program of Geoscience Applied to the Community.
- First Year (2024) – Comprised of three geoscience research projects for the community (sinkhole flood management, water quality of Caño Tiburones, and the characterization of fungi in caves).
- Second Year (2025) – Presented the results of all three projects in two occasions and now in March students presented in the SouthEast Geological Society of American Regional Meeting. Currently the LIT-GEO Intercultural Summit is being celebrated in UPRA.
- Detection of microplastics in the Tallonal Cave at Arecibo.
- Paleontological Study of on Loose Sediments in Estancita Cave, Cabachuelas.
- Simulation of real caves utilizing Unreal Engine.
- Characterization of Rare Speleothems: Retaking the Conversation over the Formation of Shields.
Recent Articles Published
- The Fear of Halley’s Comet Visit in 1910 is Preserved in a Cave in Southern Puerto Rico. Abel Méndez & Ángel Acosta-Colón. Journal for the History of Astronomy.
- Marginal Navigation in Colonial Puerto Rico: The Case of the Canoe of Mayagüez, Reniel Rodríguez Ramos, Omar G. Ortiz Morales, José F. Candelaria, Meredith A. Ortíz Rivera,Diego de la Cruz Gaitán, Ángel A. Acosta Colón y Ernesto Otero Morales, Patrimonio Magazine, Vol. XII (p.36), Puerto Rico Historical Conservation Office, 2024.
- Empowering communities through Citizen Science. Dr. Angel García & Ángel A. Acosta Colón. Journal In the Trenches of the Association of Geosciences Teachers. (https://nagt.org/nagt/publications/trenches/v14/april_2024.html).