Scientists: Earth is warmer today than any time in the past 11,300 Years
Science Recorder, Delila James Earth is getting warmer. It’s a significant finding in the world of climate science. Comprehensive new research into global climate change finds that our planet is warmer today than at any time during the last 11,300…
Snow disrupts Frankfurt flights and Eurostar trains
BBC World Frankfurt airport, Europe’s third-busiest hub, has partially re-opened after heavy snow caused severe travel disruption in north-west Europe. One of the three runways was operating again for take-offs only, the airport operator said. Hundreds of flights via Frankfurt…
Storm kills 2, causes damage in Sao Paulo
From laprensasa Sao Paulo, Mar 10 (EFE).- A heavy storm that began Saturday afternoon killed two people and caused landslides, flooding and traffic jams in Sao Paulo, the authorities in Brazil’s largest city reported Sunday. A 14-year-old girl was swept…
Looking at FAD management across the OECS
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE The Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) is a relatively new technology in the region which allows fishers to capture more fish with less effort, but in order to reduce the risk of overfishing, sound monitoring and management measures…
E.U. bans cosmetics with animal-tested ingredients
By JAMES KANTER New York Times European Union regulators announced a ban Monday on the import and sale of cosmetics containing ingredients tested on animals and to pledge more efforts to push other parts of the world, like China, to…
The James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope. The project is working to a 2018 launch date. Webb will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to…
Case studies on flyingfish and large pelagic to be discussed in Dominica
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE; MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013 – The Second Joint Meeting of the CRFM/CLME Flyingfish (FF) and Large Pelagic Fisheries (LP) Case Studies Steering Committees will open at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, March 11, 2013, at the Garraway Hotel…
No new cases of dengue under investigation
Published by the Public Health Department Dengue Update as of 09 March 2013 · Total cases investigated for dengue in 2012 were 94, with 37 being positive for dengue, four inconclusive and 53 negative. To date there have been 45…
CRFM Ministerial Sub-Committee on Flyingfish calls stakeholders to action
Fisheries ministers who met on Friday, 22 February 2013, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to review urgent governance and management issues challenging the seven Caribbean countries that currently harvest the Eastern Caribbean flyingfish (scientific name: Hirundichthys affinis), are…
Cayman Islands Dive 365 Project Is Completed
by Sport Diver Staff The famous dive sites in the Cayman Islands have been written about for decades. But despite being recognized as the birthplace of recreational diving and boasting legendary dive sites, these magical islands still had some secret…
