Record July temperatures expected for USA. Tropics quiet
There are at the time of writing this (Wed July 4) portions of 17 states in America under heat advisories for dangerously high temperatures. Last Friday (June 29) there was an incredible derecho event that left over 1.4 million people…
Higgs boson-like particle discovery claimed at LHC
Cern scientists reporting from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have claimed the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson. The particle has been the subject of a 45-year hunt to explain how matter attains its mass. Both…
Weather Underground sold to The Weather Channel
Dr. Jeff Masters has announced on his Weather Underground web site that, “After 17 years as an independent company, Weather Underground has been sold, and will now be part of The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC.)” In 1995, when the newly…
Mosquito control is everyone’s business
If you think you saw mosquitoes in your house, or outside, earlier this month, you were probably right. But with the diligent work of the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU), the situation is mostly under control. “They are the…
Tropical Storm Debby weakens but makes landfall in Florida
Debby continues to weaken this afternoon, but remains a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. The storm’s center of circulation made landfall this afternoon near Steinhatchee, Florida. NHC DISCUSSION AT 5PM EDT TUE JUN 26 AN AIR…
More genetically engineered mosquitoes released** (** see Dr. Reeves email below article)
Do you remember the Frankenstein mosquitoes and the lack of transparency the UK firm Oxitec executed here in the Cayman Islands in 2009 without our full knowledge? It created much publicity and our news story and Editorial was republished and…
Another Brac Rock Iguana killed by a car
Following our story “Cayman Islands largest Brac Rock Iguana killed by car” that appeared in iNews Cayman on June 19th there has been a similar incident involving another endangered Brac Rock Iguana known as “Little Girl”. Little Girl was run…
Tropical Storm Debby Will Impact Much Of Florida Through Much Of This Week
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:21 am Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather says: Tropical Storm Debby: Debby has degraded in its appearance overnight due to a combination of dry air intrusion and cooler shelf waters just off of the Florida panhandle. This…
The Endangered Blue Iguana
Iguana Images visited the Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Gardens and got a behind the scenes tour the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme. The Cayman Blue Iguana is a critically endangered species, with only 15 of them still living when they were…
The Green Thing
This was sent to us on Monday (25) by one of our readers on the subject of ‘Being Green”, and the huge burden we have placed now on the new generation because, us old generation, never practiced the “green thing”….
