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Extreme ‘Grey Swan’ hurricanes in Tampa Bay: a potential future catastrophe By Jeff Masters From Weather Underground A “black swan” hurricane—a storm so extreme and wholly unprecedented that no one could have expected it—hit the Lesser Antilles Islands in October…
Scientists say we’ll only get one year to prepare if a super-volcano erupts
By Simone M Scully From Business Insider Super volcanic eruptions are so catastrophically powerful that they could devastate the entire planet. In a worst case scenario, these kinds of eruptions can eject 1000s of cubic kilometers of magma and ash…
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815-million-year-old “Time Capsule” reveals atmosphere breathed by earth’s very first animals
From IFL Science Around 600 million years ago, the planet’s multicellular lifeforms began to emerge and diversify. Known as “eukaryotes,” these initial forms would evolve into all the plants and animals we see around the world today. Although they first…
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Memorial Service for former Cayman Islands Governor The Government of the Cayman Islands will pay its final respects to the retired and much respected former Governor of the Cayman Islands, the late Col. Thomas Russell, CMG, CBE. The memorial service…
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Chaplains prepare for the worst in major SOUTHCOM exercise
By Luke Carberry Mogan, Army Times Making Chaplain Corps history, U.S. military chaplains flew out to Grenada to participate in Tradewinds 2016’s humanitarian operations for the first time. Sponsored by U.S. Southern Command, the first session of the three-phase Tradewinds…
Vibrantly colored ‘Starburst’ scorpionfish discovered in the Caribbean
By Stephanie Pappas, From Live Science A riotously colorful new species of scorpionfish has been found deep in the Caribbean near Curaçao. The fish is orange-red, with splashes of yellow and pink decorating its fins and face. Its scientific name…
Air conditioning has a huge environmental impact — and it’s getting bigger
By Lucas Davis, The Conversation From Business Insider With a heat wave pushing the heat index well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) through much of the U.S., most of us are happy to stay indoors and crank the air conditioning….
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Cayman Islands Business Licensing Counter to close early on Tuesday (26) The Department of Commerce and Investment’s (DCI) Business Licensing Counter will close at 3pm tomorrow (Tuesday, 26 July), for a staff training event. The counter will resume its…
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Save Cayman Islands reef fish…19 August deadline for input to Conservation Plan
By Courtney Platt For those who may have missed it: Notice of Public Consultation: Fish Conservation Plan: The National Conservation Council invites public comment on a Species Conservation Plan for (reef) Fish. The Plan may be viewed at www.DoE.ky/fish-conservation and…
Community volunteers use new democratic platform to promote awareness for marine parks in Cayman Islands
A group of young volunteers have come together to raise awareness about the proposed marine parks enhancement with the assistance of an innovative new website called Speak Up Cayman. The website is a public, user-friendly platform that seeks to provide…
