News articles tagged with 'Caribbean'
Archaeologists find new evidence of animals being introduced to prehistoric Caribbean
— 2 Dec 2011 10:41 | BiologyAn archaeological research team from North Carolina State University, the University of Washington and University of Florida has found one of the most diverse collections of prehistoric…
Smithsonian scientists discover 7 new species of fish
— 5 Feb 2011 14:18 | BiologyThings are not always what they seem when it comes to fish - something scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Ocean Science Foundation are finding out. Using modern genetic…
Island-scale study reveals climate-change effects
— 31 Jan 2011 16:16 | EnvironmentA large-scale UC Davis experiment with ants, lizards and seaweed on a dozen Caribbean islands shows that predicting the effects of environmental change on complex natural ecosystems…
Smithsonian reports regional sea temperature rise and coral bleaching event in Western Caribbean
— 13 Oct 2010 14:59 | EnvironmentThe Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Bocas del Toro Research Station and Galeta Point Marine Laboratory are reporting an anomalous sea temperature rise and a major coral bleaching…
NASA satellites see Tropical Storm Matthew grow quickly, warnings up in Central America
— 25 Sep 2010 12:35 | EnvironmentAn instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite noticed increasing colder cloud top temperatures of tropical depression 15 in the south-central Caribbean just before it strengthened into Tropical…
Coral bleaching likely in Caribbean this year
— 24 Sep 2010 11:02 | EnvironmentAccording to the NOAA Coral Reef Watch monitoring system, coral bleaching is likely in the Caribbean in 2010. With temperatures above-average all year, NOAA's models show a strong potential…
Earth's highest coastal mountain on the move
— 21 Sep 2010 11:34 | Geology and palaeontologyThe rocks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - the highest coastal mountain on Earth - tell a fascinating tale: The mountain collides and then separates from former super-continents.…
Super-rare 'elkhorn' coral found in Pacific
— 30 Jul 2010 08:07 | BiologyAn Australian scientist has discovered what could be the world's rarest coral in the remote North Pacific Ocean…
Obesity rise linked to disability increase among elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean
— 28 Jul 2010 10:45 | HealthThanks to rising obesity rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, elderly people there are becoming more likely to suffer from disabilities, according to a paper recently published…
Expecting Tropical Depression Alex in the Caribbean
— 26 Jun 2010 13:49 | EnvironmentForecasters on June 25 had given System 93L in the western Caribbean an 80 percent chance of developing into Tropical Depression Alex, and weekends seem to always birth tropical depressions.…