URI scientists may mount research expedition to an active underwater volcano in Caribbean
By Ambar Espinoza By RINPR Scientists at the University of Rhode Island may mount a research expedition to the most active underwater volcano in the Caribbean Sea. Disaster management authorities there have been on alert for more than a week….
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Community Events Grand Court Jurors Report Date Changed The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. Grand Court Jurors who are in the 1 July – 6 October 2015 session are now to report on Monday, 3 August, 2015…
Jamaica [and Cayman Islands] literally sits on one of the largest thermal energy source in World (>52,000 MW)
From Linkedin Pulse In 2010, scientists have found the deepest known hydrothermal vents, some 5 kilometres down beneath the waves of the Caribbean in the Cayman Trough.“In a nutshell, the Mid-Cayman Rise displays perhaps the broadest range of mid-ocean ridge…
See this, skip that: Cayman Islands
By Gabe Saglie, Senior Editor, Travelzoo via Good Morning America From ABC As the popularity of the Cayman Islands continues to surge, the British territory is responding: later this summer, a four-year expansion of Owen Roberts International Airport will break…
Energy independence for Caribbean region means million will be lifted out of poverty by 2031
By Silbert S. Barrett, ASCE (Aff.M.) Sustainable Strategist for Funding Major Infrastructure at Brittenwoods International, From Linkedin Pulse The dream of energy independence for the Northern Caribbean nations of Jamaica, Cayman, Cuba, Haiti, Bahamas and the Dominican Republic have gotten…
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Community Events Grand Court Jurors Report Date Changed The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. Grand Court Jurors who are in the 1 July – 6 October 2015 session are now to report on Monday, 3 August, 2015…
Dust may keep tropics quiet/Tropical wave in Atlantic
Saharan dust strongest in decade, but will it help keep tropics quiet? By Kimberly Miller From The Palm Beach Post Plumes of Saharan dust wafting off the west coast of Africa this summer have been some of the strongest in…
California’s drought is ‘a harbinger of the coming global water crisis’
By Corey Stern From Business Insider The four-year California drought is causing unparalleled devastation to the region. Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch think it’s going to get a lot worse. “We view the unprecedented drought in California as…
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Community Events Grand Court Jurors Report Date Changed The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. Grand Court Jurors who are in the 1 July – 6 October 2015 session are now to report on Monday, 3 August, 2015…
Exposing” the vibrant underwater world of George Town Harbour, Grand Cayman
From Cayman Bottom Times Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, July 28, 2015 – It was standing room only at Sunset House on Friday, July 24th for “Exposé” an educational presentation hosted by Save Cayman. More than 140 people filled an outdoor…