Sir Richard Branson presented with original Guy Harvey print
Sir Richard Branson is presented with an original Guy Harvey print as the winner of the 2015 Great Shark Race, an innovative race created by the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation (GHOF) and the Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) at Nova…
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3 MW Caribbean pioneer airport solar PV project to be officially inaugurated on February 25th
From SolarServer The vision of a green and eco-friendly energy supply in the Caribbean turns into reality, EPC company PV Energy Limited (London, UK) announced. A 3 MWp “sun2live” solar photovoltaic (PV) installation including more than 12,000 PV panels was developed…
Paul Allen fights Cayman Islands on claim that his yacht destroyed reef
By Page Six Team From Page Six Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is fighting with the Cayman Islands Department of Environment after his $162 million mega-yacht Tatoosh allegedly destroyed 13,800 square feet of coral reef. While the philanthropist has donated…
Not enough research on climate change impact – CARPHA Official
From Jamaica Gleaner Shermaine Clauzel, programme manager for Environmental Health and Sustainable Development at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in St Lucia, is stressing the need for more comprehensive research to be made available in the Caribbean, showing the…
Slave traders carried deadly blood parasite from Africa to New World, study finds
By Tyler MacDonald The Schistosoma mansoni parasite made its way to the New World through the slave trade, according to a new study. The team used genome analysis to pinpoint when two of the Schistosoma parasite’s species split from each…
CERT – strengthening Cayman Islands Community – graduation last Sat (20)
COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM GRADUATION (PROSPECT GROUP) HELD: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20th AT 6:30 PM AT: SEAFARER’S HALL in PROSPECT (VICTORY AVE.) WHO: COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, MLAs, HMCI, RED CROSS. WHY: BECAUSE THIS MAKES CAYMAN STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT AND THE GROUPS…
Launch of Citizen Science Programme as part of Cayman Islands top marine predator project
Researchers from the Cayman Islands’ Department of Environment (DoE) and Marine Conservation International (MCI) are currently monitoring the shark, grouper and snapper populations around the Cayman Islands. The project is funded largely by a UK Darwin Plus award and will…
Lightning striking Sydney’s Centrepoint Tower 2ce
Amazing footage of lightning striking Sydney’s Centrepoint Tower, twice From Mashable Can you hear that thunder? You better run and take cover, because that’s the sound of lightning hitting parts of Sydney, Australia on Friday afternoon. In the wild storm…
10,000+ year-old mammoth bones found beneath OSU football stadium endzone
By Max Knoblauch From Mashable If a touchdown is six points and an extra point is one, how many points is the discovery of ancient mammoth bones? A construction crew renovating Reser Stadium at Oregon State University made a surprising…
Report: The US is starting to think that North Korea might actually have tested hydrogen-bomb components
By Armin Rosen From Business Insider North Korea’s claim that it detonated a hydrogen bomb during an apparent nuclear-weapons test on January 6 were widely dismissed by experts and the US government as well. But it turns out that Pyongyang might…
