NOAA Coral Reef Watch
From NOAA Satellite and Information Service Seasonal Coral Bleaching Thermal Stress Outlook (CFS-based) (Experimental, Version 3.0, CFSv2-based, updated weekly, 0.5×0.5-degree spatial resolution) Outlook of Coral Bleaching Thermal Stress 2 IMAGES 90% Chance: Current Seasonal Bleaching Outlook Weekly Outlook 60% Chance:…
Ten years after the De Menezes killing, we’re no better at identifying faces
By Graham MacKenzie From IFL Science It was ten years ago that the Metropolitan Police killed Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell station in south London in a case of mistaken identity. The family of the Brazilian electrician are still…
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Global warming is ticking time bomb for the Caribbean, expert says
By Desmond Brown From CARIBBEAN360 FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, Wednesday July 22, 2015, IPS – A leading geothermal expert warns that the small island states in the Caribbean face “a ticking time bomb” due to the effects of global warming and suggests…
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Biodiversity movements saving our oceans
From Miami Caribbean Code Our oceans are in trouble. Lionfish have overpopulated the waters and are preying on other fish. Pollution, harmful algae and rising ocean temperatures due to climate change is killing the coral reefs. And then there’s human…
Scientists implant teeny, tiny lasers
Scientists implant teeny, tiny lasers into human cells By Andrew From engadget A few years back, a pair of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital made human cells glow by impregnating them with a molecule that’s normally found in jellyfish called…
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Law firm supports Cayman Islands marine institute
Stuart Walkers Hersant Humphries supports CCMI’s long term monitoring programme and CREWS2 maintenance LITTLE CAYMAN July 21, 2015- Law firm Stuarts Walkers Hersant Humphries has recently announced its $15,000 commitment to supporting the Central Caribbean Marine Institute’s long-term monitoring programme…
Increased activity not a sign of big quake in the making, seismic unit says
From CARIBBEAN360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday July 20, 2015 – The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre says while the increased seismic activity in the Eastern Caribbean isn’t enough, on its own, to suggest something menacing is coming this…
Creepy or cool? Your phone knows when you’re depressed
By Dr Siri From The Daily Beast A new study from Northwestern used an individual’s smartphone habits to predict whether or not the individual was depressed. Smartphones can feel your pain—literally. A new study from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of…
The business case for the Carbon Tax
By Julie Fox Gorte from Caribbean Life History offers a great many examples of individuals, groups and societies that lived too much in the moment and compromised longer term prosperity — or in some cases (think Easter Island) even survival….
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Major greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2014: report
From Caribbean Digital Network | July 17, 2015 (AFP) – All the major greenhouse gases that fuel global warming hit record highs last year, while the planet’s surface temperature reached its hottest point in 135 years, international researchers said Thursday….
