Severe UK storms kill two, displace thousands
By Pat Gillespie From Mashable Princes William and Harry helped relief workers pack sandbags in the village of Datchet Gale-force winds, heavy rains and significant flooding in the United Kingdom led to two deaths Friday. A wave that crashed through…
Scientists discover new whale species
By Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com Researchers have described a new beaked whale species. The beaked whale family, so-called for their dolphin-like beaks, are among the world’s least known mammals. Beaked whales are incredibly elusive and rare, little-known to scientists and the…
Yikes, Caribbean islands, take notice
From Easy Being Greener “Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents; it was loaned to you by your children.” Native American proverb Another headline today got my attention: new study suggests that a mega-tsunami…
Join the 2014 Great Backyard Bird Count
From eBird Caribbean An Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) from Antigua. Photograph by David Rayner. February 14-17 (Friday to Monday) is the 17th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), a world-wide weekend-long bird counting effort held each winter. To participate,…
Whale Tails: How Caribbean sailors can help whale research
By Nathalie Ward From sail-world Sailors for the Sea, a David Rockefeller project, whose mission it is to ‘educate and engage the boating community in the worldwide protection of the oceans’, occasionally publishes essays about the state of our oceans,…
Caribbean faces threat of biggest tsunami ever recorded
From Caribbean 360 A new study suggests that a mega-tsunami could devastate coastlines from Florida to Brazil following a volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands. LONDON, England, Wednesday February 12, 2014 – The Caribbean could be at risk from a…
Working as a Marine Biologist on the Cayman Islands
By Peter Sonnenberg From PAC Work as a marine biologist is very rewarding; becoming one requires very hard work, though. To become a marine biologist, one must go through four years of undergraduate education and around two to five years…
Richard Branson pledges to turn Caribbean green
From European News The palm trees and billiard table have been shipped in, work on the infinity pool overlooking the coral reef is progressing and the tennis courts are celebrity-ready. But few of the super-luxury buildings rising on Moskito island’s…
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Weekly News From the National Gallery
As you may know, we have had some recent changes to the National Gallery team. We are saddened to say goodbye to a dear friend and welcome two new promotions as well as new member of staff. We hope you…
Scotland had glaciers until the 1800s
LIVESCIENCE From Mashable The last glacier in Scotland may have melted within the last 400, not 11,500 years ago as previously believed, new research finds. The Cairngorm Mountains of eastern Scotland are the snowiest part of the Scottish Highlands even…
