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6 Week Coral Conservation Program in Cayman Islands

From Cayman Eco Divers Coral Conservation Divemaster program (6 weeks) If diving is something that calls to a part of your soul you never realized was there, then we have a great option for you. available as an individual program…

Little change to 92L [Should reach Cayman Islands Wed/Thu]

By Dr Jeff Masters From Weather Underground Satellite images on Monday morning showed that the moderate level of heavy thunderstorm activity associated with a large tropical wave passing through the Lesser Antilles Islands (Invest 92L) had changed little since Sunday….

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Caribbean Islands to have 3D printed coral reefs

From Qll3DP The Caribbean Island of Bonaire is bringing 3D printing to the coast, with an ambitious plan to help preserve fragile coral reefs. Coral reefs contain an extremely diverse ecosystem, and are important for protecting coastlines and a variety…

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Crisis talks to save endangered rhino

By Tristan McConnell, AFP From Business Insider Ol Pejeta (Kenya) (AFP) – Conservationists and scientists met in Kenya this week to come up with a last ditch plan to save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction. There are only five…

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Trini inventor finds success on Planting Seeds

From T&T Guardian Kevan Sinanan walked onto the set of Planting Seeds anxiously clenching an invention he had engineered in his garage, a gadget made to match keys to their respective locks faster. He stood in position, took a breath,…

How to name a hurricane—first tip: Use ‘short, distinctive’ names

By Nicholas Wells | Mark Fahey From CNBC   Hurricane Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm Friday morning after making landfall in Florida. Yet if another should form, next on the list would be Hurricane Ian and in the…

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Hurricane Hermine hits Florida, weakens into tropical storm

By Faith Karimi and Steve Almasy, From CNN CNN)Hurricane Hermine made landfall early Friday in Florida with a furious mix of rain, whistling winds and surging waves — then weakened into a tropical storm as it wobbled toward Georgia. Hermine,…

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State of Marine Environment Report coming for the Caribbean

From Jamaica Gleaner The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is working to develop the Caribbean’s first State of the Marine Environment Report, which should inform the response to pollution that threatens to devastate coastal and marine resources and jeopardise livelihoods….

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Civil Society advocates for better environmental standards

PRESS RELEASE:-Saint Lucia and the Commonwealth of Dominica are the only two Eastern Caribbean countries that have not yet signed on to the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Declaration on Principle 10. This declaration, which has a total of 22…

Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) begins IRP study on Grand Cayman

Representatives from across the Cayman Community participated in the launch of CUC’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) study last week at the Grand Cayman Marriott. An IRP analyses all energy resources that are viable and considers their cost, reliability, environmental impact…