Half of the Columbia River’s sockeye salmon are dying due to hot water
By Courtney Sherwood, Reuters From Business Insider Oregon salmon trucked north to stem die-off in warm waters California drought means 30 million salmon may be trucked to sea California Chinook Salmon Fall Run Slowed Amid Warm Weather, Drought PORTLAND, Ore….
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Dready comes to town [lives in Cayman Islands]
From The Jamaica Gleaner What do you get when you mix graphics, canvas, colours, a commentary and flight of imagination? Not a flyer in this instance, but creative expressions on an overdrive. The life and travels of ‘Dready’ live life…
Microplastics in fish may get into the food chain. More study needed
From Environment Agency Assessing the impact of exposure to microplastics in fish Report – SC120056 MARCH 2015 Executive summary Plastic wastes are rapidly accumulating in landfill and in natural habitats, especially the marine environment, where they create a potential hazard…
Cayman Islands Hazard Management monitoring volcanic activity
Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HCMI) is currently monitoring the elevated alert of the possible eruption of the Kick’em Jenny volcano issued by the UWI Seismic Research Centre Trinidad. This elevated alert of Orange means – Highly elevated level of seismic…
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Community Events Grand Court Jurors Report Date Changed The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. Grand Court Jurors who are in the 1 July – 6 October 2015 session are now to report on Wednesday, 29 July, 2015…
Cayman Islands: Study examines local variability in ocean climate conditions for reef health
Joint NOAA – CCMI research monitors environmental conditions on Little Cayman’s coral reefs to understand coral resilience and improve the accuracy of NOAA’s bleaching forecasts. LITTLE CAYMAN ISLAND – A joint effort between NOAA and the Central Caribbean Marine Institute…
Lionfish control efforts getting a boost from other lionfish
By Dennis Pillion From AL Efforts to control the invasive and highly-destructive lionfish in Florida and Gulf of Mexico may be getting a boost… from other lionfish. According to a report in National Geographic, several lionfish caught recently in the…
NASA’s Kepler mission discovers bigger, older cousin to Earth
NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another…
NOAA Coral Reef Watch
From NOAA Satellite and Information Service Seasonal Coral Bleaching Thermal Stress Outlook (CFS-based) (Experimental, Version 3.0, CFSv2-based, updated weekly, 0.5×0.5-degree spatial resolution) Outlook of Coral Bleaching Thermal Stress 2 IMAGES 90% Chance: Current Seasonal Bleaching Outlook Weekly Outlook 60% Chance:…
