Destinations of the week
Seriously weird places around the world By Rachel Mills From Rough guides The world is a weird (and wonderful) place. And from a rose-coloured lake to a Japanese island ruled by cats. 1. Spotted Lake, British Columbia, Canada Spotted Lake has long been…
UK: MP visits Cayman Islands
From The Enquirer The Romford MP Andrew Rosindell has lead a delegation of MP’s to the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands, last weekend. During his trip, the MP was asked to give a speech and also had the…
Thawed Arctic ice trapped and sunk ships in the Atlantic Ocean in 2017
BY MARK KAUFMAN from Mashable In the spring of 2017, a thick-hulled icebreaking research vessel, the Amundsen, had left its Quebec port en route to a research cruise in Hudson Bay. But the scientists aboard never made it to their…
An X-factor in coastal flooding: Natural climate patterns create hot spots of rapid sea level rise
By The Associated Press From wtop (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, University of Florida and Andrea Dutton, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) For Americans who live along…
Caribbean geology reveals past climate extremes
By ELAINE CHIAO From John Hopkins News-Letter Geological investigations can often speak volumes to scientists who are studying the impacts of climate change. Even though multiple hurricanes and other natural disasters have taken their toll on the Caribbean and Bahamian…
Sea levels in Caribbean rising and predicted to rise more
Modelling Present-Day and Future Caribbean Sea Level Changes By H.A. Dijkstra, IMAU, Utrecht University, The Netherlands The Caribbean Sea is connected to the North Atlantic Ocean and exchange transport values (in Sv, 1 Sv = 106 m3/s) are fairly well…