NASA mission gives a peek of rover’s Mars journey
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA’s latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape. It opened a window into the trip itself, from video footage of the landing to a photo of…
Ernesto Likely A Threat To Mexico
Ernesto Likely A Threat To Mexico & Not To The United States; Long Range Forecast Guidance Points To A Long Tracked Storm That May Need To Be Watched Written by Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather ON AUGUST 6TH, 2012 Tropical…
Act now or species will be lost, environment groups warn
“Environmental groups criticise lack of funding and targets for protecting endangered species in UK’s 14 overseas territories“ The limpics must really be boring if they’re running stuff like this. Many species in some of the most remote vestiges of Britain’s…
Tokelau Will Be World’s First 100% Solar-Powered Nation
By Mat McDermott, TreeHugger Tokelau may not yet be a fully self-governing country—the majority of its budget is paid for in aid from New Zealand; its citizens still are technically citizens of New Zealand; and it has non-self-governing territory status…
Turtle Farm loses almost 300 turtles due to system failure
Cayman Islands Turtle Farm has been in operation for over 40 years but last month they had the first incident of its kind. The death of 229 young turtles. A break in a main pipe that supplies sea water broke…
TD 5 is now Tropical Storm Ernesto and forecast to visit us as a hurricane
Hazard Management says “be prepared” Hazard Management Cayman Islands and the National Weather Service are currently monitoring Tropical Depression number 5 (now TS Ernesto) which is located east of the Windward Islands. TS Ernesto 5 does not pose an immediate…
Grouper Spawning, Cayman Islands
Researchers from the Reef Environmental Education Foundation and the Cayman Islands Department of Environment study one of the last great reproductive populations of Nassau Grouper. Normally a solitary species, during the winter full moons Nassau Grouper travel, sometimes over great…
Tropical depression Five may be heading for the Cayman Islands
Tropical Depression #5 Will Affect Barbados & The Lesser Antilles Tonight Through Friday Thursday, August 2, 2012 5:28 am by Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather Tropical Depression #5: Invest 99L was upgraded to Tropical Depression # 5 late yesterday afternoon…
Amazing Lightning photograph
This amazing photograph of f lightning appeared recently on the Weather Underground website that was posted by a blogger there. We just had to share it with you and hope we don’t see anything like this here in Cayman. It’s…
Bonaire, Marine Biology, Rare Species, Parribacus Antarcticus, The Slipper Lobsters of Lac Bay, July 2012
The Slipper Lobsters of Lac Bay, July 2012
