The etiology of white pox, a lethal disease of the Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata
By Kathryn L. Patterson, James W. Porter, Kim B. Ritchie, Shawn W. Polson, Erich Mueller,Esther C. Peters, Deborah L. Santavy, and Garriet W. SmithPNAS June 25, 2002 99 (13) 8725-8730; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.092260099 Communicated by Eugene P. Odum, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (received for review December 12, 2001) Abstract Populations of the…
Pandora joins the BRT Weekend tour with new station
New York, NY- The largest Caribbean-party tour festival, Beach Road Trip (BRT) Weekend, has landed a station on music streaming powerhouse Pandora Internet Radio. The BRT Weekend station, will comprise of a playlist with the hottest reggae and soca artists,…
Lionfish in the Caribbean: Destructive menace, delicious dinner
By Mark Rogers, From USA TODAY Lionfish is an invasive species in the Caribbean that can devastate up to 80 percent of fish in a coral reef in a scant five weeks. In the Bahamas, The Cove, Paradise Island, chef…
In the Caribbean, queen conches are living on the edge
By Bobby Bascomb From PRI The queen conch is a large marine mollusk with a beautiful shell that is prized for export. The gastropod inside the shell is featured on menus across the Caribbean. But the conch’s numbers are rapidly…
DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS INTO TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE… …HEAVY RAINS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN CUBA AND SPREADING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND SOUTH FLORIDA
From NHC Tropical Storm Philippe Discussion Number 5 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL182017 500 PM EDT Sat Oct 28 2017 Satellite images, radar data from Cuba and Key West, and surface observations indicate the depression has turned northward…
How Hurricane Irma became a monstrous, record-shattering storm, and stayed that way
BY ANDREW FREEDMAN From Mashable Hurricane Irma is rewriting meteorological history as it tears across the Caribbean, swallowing islands in the process, destined for a not-so-welcome rendezvous with the Southeast coast of the U.S. The storm is tied for the…
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Florida Gov. Scott warns: Irma is ‘Bigger than Andrew’
By Sandy Fitzgerald From Newsmax Florida Gov. Rick Scott Wednesday urged residents of his state to “be as aggressive as we are” in planning for the approach of monster storm Hurricane Irma. “We’re going to have wind, rain, and storm surge,”…
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The US just greenlit the release of genetically modified moths
By Kristen V. Brown | Gawker MediaFrom Gizmodo India Diamondback moths may be a mere half-inch in length, but their voracious appetite for Brussels sprouts, kale and cauliflower make them a major pain for farmers. This week, the U.S. Department of Agricultureapproved…
Caribbean fish biodiversity shown to be linked to sea temperature
From The Fish Site A study published today in the Journal of Biogeography has utilised “citizen science” to produce a new map of marine fish biodiversity across the Caribbean and beyond. The work, performed by scientists from Plymouth’s Marine Biological…
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Florida Keys move ahead with trial of self-limiting, gene-modified mosquitoes
From Managed Care Trial targets the primary vector for Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses The Board of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has voted to approve the investigational agreement for use of self-limiting Friendly mosquitoes (Oxitec, Ltd.) in an…
