Atlantic, Caribbean storms more destructive as temperatures rise: study
By SEBASTIEN MALO FOR REUTERS From News Daily NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hurricanes in the Atlantic and Caribbean oceans will grow more than twice as powerful and damaging as ocean temperatures rise from global warming, a new study…
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OUR CARIBBEAN: Sovereignty and burden of women
By Rickey Singh, From Nation News Barbados It is to be expected that academics and students of the Cave Hill Campus would be involved in the programme of activities being finalised for Barbados’ celebration of its first half-century of political…
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Cayman Islands electricity customers benefit from low fuel prices
Customers across Grand Cayman continue to pay less for electricity. That’s because they are enjoying the benefit of lower fuel costs resulting from reduced global fuel prices. The average price per Imperial Gallon of fuel decreased 32% to $2.15 at the…
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Cayman Islands food retailer warns of short supply of produce
From Foster’s Food Fair Weather Conditions will Affect Produce Prices & Availability Foster’s Food Fair – IGA would like to announce that our US supplier is warning that produce may be in short supply and prices may increase, as unusual…
Caribbean seaweed will be as bad as last year
by Kelsey Blodget From Oyster 2015 was a bad year for Caribbean seaweed, and 2016 isn’t shaping up to be much better. The record amount of sargassum that washed up on beaches from Cancun to Antigua marred many a beach…
Scientists from the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown large volcanic eruption in the Caribbean Sea
By The Curacao Chronicle From Repeating Islands Scientists from the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown large volcanic eruption in the Caribbean Sea, The Curaçao Chronicle reports. The university says on its website that by studying…
Alex becomes first January hurricane to occur in Atlantic since 1955
By Brian Lada From Accuweather.com Alex has become a hurricane near the Azores in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It marks the first Atlantic hurricane to form in the month of January since 1938 and is the first Atlantic…
These sea snails change sex in a very weird way
It might sound like an unfortunate and inconvenient superpower, but a species of sea snail known as the slipper limpet appears to change sex from male to female as a result of touching other males. Naturally, this transformation isn’t instant…
CANARI Policy Briefs on climate change adaptation in Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Lucia
In December 2015, world leaders, members of civil society and other key stakeholders gathered at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21), in Paris, France. Negotiations resulted in a globally-binding agreement…
ancient Native American GPS
These strangely bent trees were ancient Native American GPS By Rain Noe From Core 77 19th-Century shipwrights could be forgiven for assuming they were for boat timbers Remember the “Crooked Forest” mystery we showed you earlier? Here’s a photo: To…
