Coral reefs more threatened than rain forests – CI coral nursery project report
Coral Nursery Project Georgina Wilcox The latest CCMI Brochure and the 2012 Research and Education Report says: The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) developed the Little Cayman Research Centre (LCRC) in 2006, and has experienced continuous growth in the use…
Caribbean sharks taught to appreciate the sublime flesh of lionfish
By Victor Ozols, From BlackBook Magazine Lionfish are jerks. They were doing perfectly well in in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but just had to swim on over to the Caribbean, where they have no natural predators, and breed like…
India floods: Death toll in Uttarakhand ‘passes 500’
BBC The death toll from flooding and landslides following heavy monsoon rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand has passed 500. The state’s Chief Minister, Vijay Bahuguna, said 556 bodies had been seen floating or buried in “slush”, and…
FAO helps reduce risks from pesticides in the Caribbean
From Barnacle Grenada From 10-14 June, national delegates from 15 Caribbean countries attended the 18th Meeting of the Coordinating Group for Pesticide Control Boards of the Caribbean (CGPC) in Trinidad and Tobago, to decide on action to reduce risks from…
Noble Energy eyes Nicaragua’s first Caribbean well
From globalpost US oil firm Noble Energy is set to start drilling in August on Nicaragua’s first offshore Caribbean well, with about a 25 percent chance of success, a company official said Wednesday. Noble senior vice president Susan Cunningham said…
FAO trains Caribbean people to deal with banana disease
Technicians from different Caribbean Nations will receive training in a workshop that experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will be developing here from the 17 to the 22 of June to deal with the black sigakota that threatens…
Latin America, Caribbean to be R.E.-dependent by 2050
From EcoSeed Latin America and the Caribbean can power itself fully with renewable energy by 2050. Photo taken from the Inter-American Development Bank’s website According to a report commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean’s renewable…
Mysterious stone monument lurks beneath the waves of the Sea of Galilee
By April Flowers for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A number of significant archaeological sites are found along the shores of the Sea of Galilee, located in the North of Israel. While conducting a geophysical survey, a team of researchers…
‘Tailing’ spiny lobster larvae to protect them
New tools track planktonic larvae, offer possible solutions to safeguard this $1 billion industry MIAMI –The commercial value of spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in the Caribbean reaches $1 billion annually, thus making it one of the most valuable fisheries in…
US researchers explore deep Caribbean reefs
By DANICA COTO From Bradenton Herald SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Scientists with the Smithsonian Institution have discovered at least one new fish species at a deep reef off Curacao while conducting a yearlong project to gather data on temperature…
