What do experts say about hurricane season 2015?
Colorado State University is predicting that 2015 will be one of the least active in decades, with seven named storms, three hurricanes, and one major hurricane of Category 3 or higher. Tropical Storm Risk from the University College London is…
High pollution hits southern England
From BBC Parts of England have experienced very high levels of air pollution, following health warnings for vulnerable people. Warm, still conditions combined with traffic fumes, pollution from Europe and Saharan dust from the south saw very high levels affect…
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Vanuatu and Tuvalu – inadequate response to human suffering
By Sir Ronald Sanders From CARIBBEAN360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday March 19, 2015 – People on the East Coast of the United States of America (US) and the Caribbean should consider how best they might lend a helping hand to the…
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Ancient Caribbean Tsunami caused by volcano collapse smaller than thought
By Eurasia Review Tsunamis triggered by the partial collapse of the Caribbean Monserrat volcano, 13,000 years ago, would have been much smaller than previously thought, according to research soon to be published in Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems. The collapse of…
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Cuba: A Cuban model for a resilient Caribbean
From Repeating Islands UN Development Program reports on Cuba’s successful Risk Reduction Management Centers and how the country has worked with countries and territories such as the British Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago to…
Scotland set for hottest weather of year as 17C Caribbean air arrives
From STV Scotland is set for its hottest weather of the year this weekend with tropical temperatures expected in parts. North-eastern Scotland is expected to see temperatures of up to 17C, compared with 15C in London on Saturday. It could…
Shovels, not gavels, in snowy Boston
By Sheri Qualters, From The National Law Journal Suffice it to say that the snow in Boston has lost its appeal. The three-week onslaught has hampered road and transit travel, forced court closures and tested law firms’ ability to keep…
Tropical Cyclone Marcia: Central Queensland towns devastated as storm tracks across state
From abc.net.au Cyclone Marcia is leaving a trail of destruction along central Queensland as it slowly tracks south over land. Marcia, only the sixth recorded category five cyclone Australia has seen, luckily made landfall in the largely uninhabited Shoalwater Bay…
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Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina, by Stuart B. Schwartz
From Repeating Islands IMAGE: Screen Shot 2015-02-04 at 10.59.00 PM Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina, by Stuart B. Schwartz, Princeton University Press. Call it a hurricane or a ‘weather bomb’,…
Climate change to blame for Australia’s record hottest year, says report
Australian Associated Press From The Guardian The records broken by 2013 would not have tumbled without the effects of climate change, a report from the Climate Council says Australia’s hottest year on record would not have happened without climate change,…
