Antigua: Government to identify new equipment for sargassum fight
From Antigua Observer Within a few weeks Antiguans and Barbudans will see new equipment on island which will aid in the fight against the sargassum seaweed. Cabinet had agreed to the purchasing of machines to collect the smelly substance at…
UK; Government consultation response on proposed amendments to CfD regime
By Robert Lane, Munir Hassan, Sarah King, Louise Dalton Contributed by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP From ILO On 15 December 2017, the Government released their consultation on amendments to the Contracts for Difference (“CfD”) regime 1 (the “Consultation”)…
From Manfred to Maria: The history of naming hurricanes
By Larry Sprinkle From wcnc NBC An Atlantic storm that ripped the mast off a boat named Manfred became known as Manfred’s hurricane. Then, in the mid-1900s, people started using female names for storms. The history of naming hurricanes is…
16 Jul Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report
16 Jul Mon 2018 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Mon Jul 16 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected…
Climate change may hinder fish conservation, ECU-UT study says
By Kristin Zachary From ECU For more than 20 years, conservationists in the Caribbean have been working to protect the endangered Nassau grouper. Thanks to those efforts, populations of this critical reef fish have stabilized in some areas. However, in…
All of the travel companies and places phasing out single-use plastic
By BRIDGET HALLINAN From Condr Nast Traveler American Airlines, Carnival Cruises, and more. It’s no secret that the world has a plastic problem: Globally, almost 300 million tons of plastic are produced annually—half of which is single-use—and more than eight…
15 Jul Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 1 TS
15 Jul Sun 2018 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Sun Jul 15 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories…
14 Jul Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 1 Dist
14 Jul Sat 2018 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Sat Jul 14 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. An area of low pressure,…
13 Jul Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 1 Dist
13 Jul Fri 2018 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Thu Jul 12 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. A trough of low pressure,…
Ghost particle from space
For the first time, an elusive ghost particle blasted from deep space is seen on Earth BY MARK KAUFMAN From Mashable Billions of years ago, a supermassive black hole feeding on gas and dust in the center of a galaxy…