Caribbean policymakers get climate adaptation tool
By SciDev.Net – Lisbeth Fog From Thomson Reuters Foundation A decision-support website has been launched to help policymakers in the Caribbean build resilience to the risks that climate change poses to activities such as tourism and agriculture. The Caribbean Climate…
NSU shark-tracking website helped viewers ‘dive into Shark Week’
From Bahama islandsinfo HOLLYWOOD, Florida — Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) helped shark enthusiasts take their “Shark Week 2013” to the next level with an interactive website that tracks four shark species (mako, tiger, oceanic white…
New shark species discovered off SC coast
By Sammy Fretwell — [email protected] From heraldonline Scientists have discovered a new species of shark in the ocean off South Carolina and have named it for the region where it was found. The “Carolina hammerhead,” thought to reach 11 feet…
Diver hypnotises shark, balances it on hand
By ninemsn staff 9News World Fascinating video has emerged of a scuba diver balancing a shark at a 90-degree angle on the palm of his hand during a dive in the Bahamas. Tourist Graham Gibson, 31, filmed the other diver…
Large Hadron Collider helps confirm ultra-rare particle decay
From ZeeNews London: Scientists have confirmed the ultra rare phenomena of decay in particle physics, which is found just thrice in every billion collisions at the LHC. The scientists made the observation of the rare transformation of one subatomic particle…
Cayman Brac beached dead whale offers rare glimpse of elusive Gervais Beaked Whale
By Kathleen Bodden-Harris Around 7.30AM Tuesday 23 July, a resident of South Side Cayman Brac discovered the washed up corpse of an elusive Gervais Beaked Whale. It was during duties of Turtle Patrolling and beach clean-up efforts, that Kathleen Bodden-Harris…
Vacations inspire a passion for preserving sea turtles
By Rebecca Gatewood, Special to the Orlando Sentinel (New Voices) “Work hard and play hard” seems to be my family motto. Fall through spring means demanding work on our farm and in my studies, school plays and church choir. Summer…
Quasars over 1000 times brighter than Milky Way stars
From ZeeNews Washington: Powered by massive black holes at the center of most known galaxies, quasars can emit enormous amounts of energy, up to a thousand times the total output of the hundreds of billions of stars in our entire…
Whale and giant squid found dead
On Tuesday (23) the Department of Environment’s (DoE) Cayman Brac Turtle Patrol discovered the carcass believed to be a pilot whale. The whale was found between 5 and 6am as the patrol was doing their rounds on the south coast…
Study Reveals That Every Dolphin Has A Unique Whistled Name
By Tia Ghose, Livescience, From Business Science Dolphins call to each other using distinctive whistles that serve as names, new research suggests. Each dolphin makes its own unique whistle, and close friends or family will reply with the same sound….
