Little change to tropical disturbance 93L [may be TD Thu]
NOTE: SEE UPDATED IMAGES BELOW STORY By Dr. Jeff Masters From Weather Underground An area of disturbed weather located near 9°N, 45°W at 8 am EDT Wednesday, about 1150 miles east of the Lesser Antilles Islands (93L), has the potential…
Canada supporting humanitarian efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean Region
Canada’s contribution to OCHA is strengthening the international humanitarian system’s preparedness and response capacity in the region 2014 – Brampton, Ontario – Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada Today [July 25], on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of…
93L in Eastern Atlantic growing more organised
By Dr. Jeff Masters From Weather Underground An area of disturbed weather located near 10°N, 33°W at 8 am EDT Monday, about 500 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, was designated Invest 93L by NHC early Monday morning. This…
GM mosquitoes to check dengue menace?
From Business Standard A British company has approached Indian authorities seeking permission for technology trials of a certain genetically-modified mosquito claiming it will fight dengue menace. The modified male mosquito named ‘513A’ will have a gene that ensures its offspring…
Solar flare nearly destroyed Earth 2 years ago: NASA
By James Billington From New York Post Two years ago, we were all going about our daily business, blissfully unaware that our planet almost plunged into global catastrophe. A recent revelation by NASA explains how on July 23, 2012, Earth…
Monitoring coral reefs in the Caribbean: Protecting our rainforests of the 0cean
From Caribbean Climate The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) awarded YSI Integrated Systems and Services (a division of Xylem Inc.) a contract for five marine monitoring buoys that will collect high-quality data for researchers studying climate change in the…
If researchers are right, this rock will make solar power cheaper than coal
By Christie Nicholson From core77 In 2007, a student at the University of Tokyo brought a lump of a grey, sparkly mineral to his professor Tsutomu Miyasaka, with the hope that this material might have potential to make cheap and…
May and June were the hottest months ever as global warming heats
From Caribbean360 FLORIDA, United States, Friday July 25, 2014 – The planet appears to be turning up the jets, setting a global heat record last month hot on the heels of breaking the same record in May. According to the…
Seals use offshore wind farms as hunting grounds
By Charles Q. Choi, Live Science Contributor From Mashable Offshore wind farms may become seal hunting grounds, new research shows. As the number of offshore wind farms continues to grow, the farms may affect both seals and their prey, the…
How the Caribbean plans to become a green energy powerhouse
By Will Nichols From Business Green Existential threat from climate change and high electricity costs are driving Caribbean Development Bank programme to boost clean energy investment Imagine a storm crashing through Britain, tearing down bridges and power lines across the…
