18 May 2017 Weather in Cayman
May 18 Thursday 2017 Synopsis Cloudiness and showers over the Northwest Caribbean is expected to continue over the next 24 hours as a surface trough lingers and interact with an upper level trough. Radar images show scattered showers mainly around…
PICSA workshop underway – Guyana identified as pilot country for Caribbean
Over the next five days, the Hydromet Department will be facilitating a workshop Guyana’s ability to develop Participatory Integrated Climate Services of Agriculture (PICSA). The training, which is funded through the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Programme for…
Echodyne’s pocket-sized radar may be the next must-have tech for drones (and drone hunters)
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch Just because we live in an age of many sensors doesn’t mean we always have the right one for the job. One in particular we’ve been lacking is a radar system that can detect…
Obama: Climate change could cause a refugee crisis that’s ‘unprecedented in human history’
By Leanna Garfield From Business Insider Climate change is not only leading to global rising temperatures, it’s also displacing millions of people from their homes. According to former President Barack Obama, if we don’t mitigate greenhouse gas emissions soon, climate change will…
17 May 2017 Weather in Cayman
May 17 Wednesday 2017 Synopsis Not available – See Weather Forecast Top Right of Website Sunshine just makes the day a little better, but it can also cause sunburns. Check the UV Report below to be prepared Humidity: 87% …
Scientists just heard something really weird in space, and can’t figure out where it came from
By Mike Wehner From BGR Researchers from around the world are scratching their heads over a newly discovered radio burst detected on Earth, but with a completely unknown origin. A new report describing the event and the subsequent investigation is…
Scientists figured out why a giant crack in Antarctica is growing so fast, and it points to an even bigger problem
By Emma Fierberg and Jessica Orwig There’s a giant crack in Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf that’s growing at an alarming rate. Now, scientists think they have the answer, and it points to a much bigger problem. Before 2014, the…
A gigantic, bloody dead thing just washed up in Indonesia and nobody knows what it is
By Mike Wehner From BGR The sea still holds great mysteries for mankind. A few examples of this are the peculiar disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle, the origins of the Baltic Sea Anomaly, and whatever the heck just washed up…
A ‘body farm’ where researchers can study decomposing bodies is opening in Florida
By Tamara Lush, Associated Press From Business Insider LAND O’LAKES, Fla. (AP) — A scientific facility where researchers can study how corpses decompose will open next week in the Tampa Bay area with the burial of four donated bodies. Colloquially…
16 May 2017 Weather in Cayman
May 16 Tuesday 2017 Synopsis Not available – See Weather Forecast Top Right of Website Sunshine just makes the day a little better, but it can also cause sunburns. Check the UV Report below to be prepared Humidity: 89% …