Caribbean gorgonian corals highly resistant to ocean acidification
From Frontiers Recently a group of coral scientists found that Caribbean gorgonian corals could calcify and grow under future ocean acidification scenarios. The finding, just published in the online first version of the journal Coral Reefs, has important implications for…
Nasa’s Orion spaceship makes splashdown
By Jonathan Amos Science From BBC News The US space agency’s new Orion crew capsule has completed its maiden, unmanned voyage with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico. Drone video sighted the ship descending gently on its parachutes,…
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Ferguson shooting: Darren Wilson quits police force From BBC Darren Wilson insists he acted in accordance with the law US police officer Darren Wilson – who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, triggering nationwide riots – has resigned, his…
How the Navy’s latest anti-submarine aircraft sees under the waves
By Pierre Bienaimé Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon has been a part of the US Navy for a year this month. The converted airliner brings the latest in anti-submarine capabilities, reaching greater altitude and speed than its predecessor (without the nausea factor…
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Cayman Islands Premier headed to Joint Ministerial Council meeting GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin will leave the Cayman Islands Friday to travel to London to attend the annual Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in London…
Woolly mammoth skeleton to fetch up to £250,000 at auction
By Blathnaid Healy From Mashable LONDON — It’s not an item you would usually expect to find in an auction house, but someone will walk away Wednesday as the new owner of a woolly mammoth skeleton. Lot 92 in the…
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Cayman Airways adds extra cargo flights for December Cayman Airways Cargo has added additional cargo flights from Miami, Florida to Grand Cayman in December to assist local businesses with the extra cargo shipments they usually require during the busy holiday…
Female primates are promiscuous to stop males from killing their offspring
By Kashmira Gander From The Independent “As a result, some males have testicles which are up to 10 times larger than normal in breeding season” Some female primates are promiscuous in order to prevent males from killing their offspring. It…
Less rainfall means increasingly hotter and drier Caribbean
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, (CUOPM) – A Jamaican researcher has warned that the Caribbean will have to take steps to respond to climate change, as predictions are that the region will become increasingly hotter and drier if global temperature rise continues…
Climatologist: 30-year cold spell strikes Earth
By Clayton B. Reid From Newsmax With nasty cold fronts thrusting an icy and early winter across the continental U.S. — along with last winter described by USA Today as “one of the snowiest, coldest, most miserable on record” —…
