A century of human impact on Arctic climate indicated by new models, historic aerosol data
From Phys.org The Arctic is the most rapidly warming region of the globe, but warming has not been uniform and the drivers behind this warming not fully understood even during the 20th century. A new study authored by Canadian and…
Magical, multifaceted Maui
Hawaiian island charms visitors with its diverse landscape and attractions By Mauri Elbel From Statesman.com For the Austin American-Statesman The waves crashing onto Maui’s western shores are intimidating. After years living in the Virgin Islands, I am now convinced the…
Climate change discussed
From The Barbados Advocate One of the biggest challenges facing the world at this time is how to cope with the variability of climate. Dr. Adrian Cashman, Director of the Centre for Resources Management and Environment Studies (CERMES), made the…
Guyana opposes widespread use of antibiotics in agriculture
By Kenton X. Chance From Caribbean News Now PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Guyana’s minister of agriculture, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, says he opposes the widespread use of antibiotics in agriculture, saying this has serious implications for human health. Ramsammy, a physician and…
This VC is helping space exploration become a ‘multi-billion’ industry
By Julie Bort From Business Insider Spend a few minutes talking to space tech venture capitalists Ilya Golubovich and Mike Lousteau of I2BF Global Ventures, and you’ll feel psyched about the future of humanity. Known as green tech investors, Golubovich,…
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Jamaica media condemn attack on French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo From Caribbean360 CMC – The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Wednesday condemned the attack on the building housing the Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that left at least 12 people,…
Scientists discover cosmic factory for making building blocks of life
From Phys.org Scientists have discovered a ‘cosmic factory’ for producing the building blocks of life, amino acids, in research published today [Sep 15 2013] in the journal Nature Geoscience. The team from Imperial College London, the University of Kent and…
Researchers discover how and where imagination occurs in human brains
From medicalxpress Philosophers and scientists have long puzzled over where human imagination comes from. In other words, what makes humans able to create art, invent tools, think scientifically and perform other incredibly diverse behaviors? The answer, Dartmouth researchers conclude in…
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Eminent scientist warns of global contamination risks
From Phys.org (Phys.org)—Eighty-three thousand man-made chemicals now circulate freely around the Earth, in water, soil, air, wildlife, food and manufactured goods and people, posing unquantified but genuine hazards to human and environmental health. The warning comes from one of Australia’s…
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Caribbean apps we look forward to in 2015
By Mariana Leytón From yoGobierno.org As part of their EPIC (Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean) program, InfoDev supports mobile and web developers with ideas that are worth expanding due the their potential impact. Today we talk about three…
