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"Cities tend to have milder winters, creating favorable conditions for species that otherwise would only be able to live in hot, tropical climates," explained Winchell.

Despite wide interest in the global footprint of palm crops, the distribution of coconut palms across tropical Pacific atolls has received little attention.

Responsible for this are tropical thunderstorms that brew over the rainforest at night.

Topics such as tropical diseases, threats to democracy, and social inequalities, he points out, often don’t find a place in mainstream international publications.

Princeton Chemistry's Seyedsayamdost Lab offers a promising treatment for this neglected tropical disease with a combination of low-dose antibiotics that targets the pathogen but leaves gut microbiome bacteria unscathed.