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 revered by the native Okanagan (Syilx) people and it’s easy to see why they think […]
UK: MP visits Cayman Islands
August 9, 2018 by 1 Comment
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 incredible opportunity to release a young turtle into the ocean as part of the conservation […]
An X-factor in coastal flooding: Natural climate patterns create hot spots of rapid sea level rise
January 2, 2018 by Leave a Comment
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 the east and Gulf of Mexico coasts, the end of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season […]
Caribbean geology reveals past climate extremes
December 7, 2017 by Leave a Comment
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 islands in the past year, scientists can still understand the area’s past from abundant geological […]
Sea levels in Caribbean rising and predicted to rise more
February 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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 known (Fig. 1). It plays an important role in the transport of mass, heat and […]
