The Editor Speaks: Turtle riding
On December 30th 2015 we published another petition to “stop cruelty at Cayman Islands Turtle Farm”. The petition carried the same information about cruelty to the turtles, their “fight for space in cramped and dirty tanks”, tourists picking them up…
Robots and lasers in space
By Nick Heath, From TechRepublic Photos of tech headed to the cosmos The European Space Agency researches technologies that will allow humans to learn more about space and eventually explore new worlds. That research relies on cutting-edge advances in fields…
These glass igloos in the Finnish wilderness are the best way to stare at the Northern Lights all night
By Sophie-Claire Hoeller and editing by Kristen Griffin From Business Insider What could be better than seeing the Northern Lights? Seeing them from bed. In Finnish Lapland, just north of the Arctic Circle, you can. This far north, the incredible…
Eight dead, 100 injured after massive earthquake jolts northeastern India
By Oinam Sunil & K Sarojkumar Sharma | TNN From Times of India RANCHI/IMPHAL/GUWAHATI: At least eight persons were killed and 100 injured in Manipur when a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit northeastern India early Monday morning at around 4:36 am….
SPI and SPI Energy complete reorganization merger
SHANGHAI, Jan. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Solar Power, Inc. (“SPI” or the “Company”), a global provider of photovoltaic (PV) solutions for business, residential, government and utility customers and investors, and SPI Energy Co., Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws…
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The View from Europe: CARICOM and climate change
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now On December 12 in Paris, France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, brought to a close the UN climate change conference, COP 21. “I now invite the COP to adopt the decision entitled Paris Agreement…
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UK: ‘How was your holiday? Nice tan!’: Boss of Environment Agency ridiculed
By Mark Duell and Martin Robinson for MailOnline and Josh White For The Daily Mail ‘How was your holiday? Nice tan!’: Boss of Environment Agency ridiculed on Twitter as he FINALLY visits flood victims and faces quiz by MPs over…
Fighting climate change in Cayman Islands
By Bennie Mills from Waltonian As UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated: “We have entered a new era of global cooperation on one of the most complex issues ever to confront humanity”. Following the conference closure there was a short…
Royal Palm a headturner
By Jaskiran Kapoor From The Indian Express A favourite with the hospitality industry, luxury hotels and resorts and airports, the Royal Palm tree has the potential to lend an expensive facelift to any landscape. If watered well and planted in sunny…
This tree in the Americas is so toxic, you can’t stand under it when it rains
By Signe Dean From Science Alert The tree of death In 1999, radiologist Nicola Strickland went on a holiday to the Caribbean island of Tobago, a tropical paradise complete with idyllic, deserted beaches. On her first morning there, she went…
