Monsoon season
Monsoon season: The river politics behind South Asia’s floods By Navin Singh Khaka From BBC When it comes to water resources, relations between India and Nepal have never been easy. But in recent years, the relationship has begun to worsen…
Cancun has a nasty seaweed problem and tourists are staying away
By Andrea Navarro From Bloomberg For years, Cancun has relied on a simple formula — cheap beer, brilliant sunshine and pristine Caribbean beaches — to lure tourists by the millions. But for the past several months, the last part of…
16 Jul Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report
16 Jul Tue 2019 Tropical Report ATLANTIC Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2019 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: EASTERN PACIFIC Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center…
Cayman: Landfills get extra NiCE work, Minister to tour project work sites
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) is coordinating the use of grab trucks to collect sargassum from South Sound, Coe Wood and New Cemetery Beach in Bodden Town; as well as from the Frank Sound Junction launch…
Robo-ants
These robo-ants can work together in swarms to navigate tricky terrain By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch While the agility of a Spot or Atlas robot is something to behold, there’s a special merit reserved for tiny, simple robots that work…
Magnesium deficiency raises cardiac risks
From Newsmax Dr. Chauncey Crandall, M.D., writes: There is evidence that magnesium can help prevent sudden cardiac death (SCD), the largest cause of death in the United States. One study, published in 2011, looked at data collected from the Nurses’…
TCI: Cabinet approves styrofoam ban
from The Sun TCI Cabinet approved on May 29th 2019 a Ban on Polystyrenes, a policy paper put forward as part of the ongoing going green for 2019 initiatives to clean up our islands, reduce waste and encourage sustainable alternatives….
Quantum entanglement
Scientists unveil image of quantum entanglement for the first time ever By A.J. Delinger From engadget For the first time ever, physicists have captured an image of quantum entanglement. In a paper published in the journal of Scientific Advances, scientists from…
Air Pollution: Join the UN Caribbean Roundtable Discussion on July 17
The roundtable will be streamed on Facebook Live hosted by United Nations Information Centre for the Caribbean Monday, July 15, 2019 — According the World Health Organization, 7 million people die prematurely every year as a direct or indirect result of…
15 Jul Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report
15 Jul Mon 2019 Tropical Report ATLANTIC Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Mon July 15 2019 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: EASTERN PACIFIC Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center…