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Bahamas named first “Weather Ready Nation Ambassadors”
From South Florida Caribbean News OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – The Bahamas continue to achieve monumental success and set historic records on the international front, this time being named the First “Weather Ready Nation Ambassadors” by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)….
Undercurrents: World Meteorological Organization improves weather research in Caribbean
BY BERNETIA AKIN From St Croix Source A regular Source column, Undercurrents explores issues, ideas and events developing beneath the surface in the Virgin Islands community. You may never have heard of an organization called Météo-France, but it just signed…
Atlantic hurricane season officially starts with warning
From Caribbean 360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday June 1, 2016 – Today marks the start of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season and despite predictions of an average hurricane season, residents of the Caribbean are being told there could be more hurricane…
Coral Reefs: Cuba and US scientists team up to study Caribbean
By Catherine Arnold From HNGN Cuba’s coral reefs are among the most pristine in the Caribbean. In new and ongoing collaborations, NOAA and Cuban scientists will compare Cuban reefs with nearby U.S. reefs. During President Obama’s history-making visit to Cuba…
AOML leads research across Caribbean to improve bleaching predictions
From Atlantic oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory For the third time in recorded history, a massive coral bleaching event is unfolding throughout the world’s oceans, stretching from the Indian Ocean to the Caribbean. Above average sea surface temperatures exacerbated by a…
A supermoon will appear this Saturday (29)
By Jessica Orwig From Business Insider There’s an especially large and bright full moon coming out this Saturday night. So, if you want an exceptionally good look at some of the stunning features on the lunar surface, Saturday will be…
Daily Buzz reports “Real mermaid infant washes ashore in the Caribbean”
No its not April Fools Day but according to the website Daily Buzz Live a “Real Mermaid Infant Washes Ashore In The Caribbean” and “According to NOAA they are growing in massive numbers”. I leave you without comment the whole…
2014 Atlantic hurricane season: Where we stand by the numbers
From WDSU News NEW ORLEANS —We’re a ways off from being at the halfway point of the Atlantic Basin hurricane season, which began June 1 and ends November 30. The Atlantic Basin includes the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and…
May and June were the hottest months ever as global warming heats
From Caribbean360 FLORIDA, United States, Friday July 25, 2014 – The planet appears to be turning up the jets, setting a global heat record last month hot on the heels of breaking the same record in May. According to the…
NOAA, Inter-American Development Bank Sign MOU to Help Latin American, Caribbean Nations Prepare, Respond To Severe Weather
NOAA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Inter-American Development Bank to explore cooperation in promoting programs and projects that use NOAA satellite imagery to quickly mobilize resources to areas in Latin America and the Caribbean affected by life-threatening storms,…
