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‘We in the Caribbean are living climate change’
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean Life News MOCHO, Jamaica, Dec 10, 2013 (IPS) – The Mocho Mountains that run through the centre of Jamaica were once covered by lush tropical forests that helped control rainfall. Now, much of the forests…
Did drought doom the Mayan Empire? New evidence from Belize’s ‘Blue Hole’
By Tia Ghose, Livescience.com From The Christian Science Monitor Minerals taken from lagoons reveal a century-long drought occurred between A.D. 800 and A.D. 900, right when the Mayan civilization disintegrated. SAN FRANCISCO — Drought may have driven the ancient Mayan…
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Eminent scientist warns of global contamination risks
From Phys.org (Phys.org)—Eighty-three thousand man-made chemicals now circulate freely around the Earth, in water, soil, air, wildlife, food and manufactured goods and people, posing unquantified but genuine hazards to human and environmental health. The warning comes from one of Australia’s…
Dust storms in Africa affect US and the Caribbean’s air quality
From Phys.org You might find it hard to believe that dust clouds from the African Sahara can travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean, but it does every year and in large quantities. In a recent study, Joseph Prospero,…
NASA using surplus military drones to investigate hurricanes
From FoxNews.com NASA is now utilizing surplus military drones to investigate hurricanes from Maine to the Caribbean. WJZ 13 in Baltimore reports the space agency launched a drone from its Wallops Island facility in Virginia on Wednesday in order to…
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Taylor Swift spotted in Cayman Islands Super duper star singer songwriter Taylor Swift was seen enjoying a meal in a restaurant in East End on Grand Cayman last Monday (5). She arrived by private jet but it was only a…
No new cases of Chikungunya/Dengue reported in latest figures for Cayman Islands
From Cayman Islands Public Health Department Chikungunya/Dengue Update as of 3 January 2015 There have been no newly confirmed local cases of chikungunya reported by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in the last two weeks (21 December 2014 –…
The positive side of LIFE
From Chrys Fisher Source: http://www.slideshare.net/chrysrfisher/positive-side-of-life The images were sent to iNews Cayman by a reader in Seattle, Wa. They are so beautiful we had to share them with all of you. Transcript Parodia spaniosa Living on Earth is expensive,…
Mount Airy All Age continues to benefit from Sandals goodwill
The year ended on a high at the Mount Airy All Age School in Westmoreland as the Sandals Foundation not only treated more than 500 students to toys and refreshments, but also handed over well-needed baking supplies to the 4H…
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Weird and Wonderful: The Caribbean’s most unusual spas
By Steve Blount From US Today The point of a vacation is to relieve stress — if it can be relieved to the point of blissful semi-consciousness, that’s even better. Great spa treatments aim to put you in that zone…
