New Caribbean agenda
Giant: Meet a bacterium that is visible to the naked eye
Humanitarian crisis in Haiti as the Caribbean’s most populous country may have fallen to armed gangs
Capital Port-au-Prince a ‘city under siege’ as US Marines reportedly evacuate embassy staff
Quake strikes Haiti; 1,200 killed, emergency declared
Earthquake in Haiti a wake-up call for India, says expert
Dissecting the discord between Guyana and Venezuela: Conflagration or pacification?
Intertwined concerns around geopolitics, economic interests and historical claims have escalated the stand-off. However, the silver lining is …
A neglected tragedy: 2 million stillbirths in 2019, flags report
A majority of stillbirths happened in sub-Saharan Africa
Mammals under threat: 2nd extinction wave underway in Australia, Caribbean
New study predicts 558 species of mammals to be extinct by turn of century
Dilemma of the Caribbean
Its porous soil carries sewage to ocean, causes pox in corals
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Climate change will increase drought intensity, frequency in the Caribbean
Theregion is vulnerable to variable and unpredictable rainfall, a FAO report says
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Early destruction
Hit by slime, Caribbean corals at risk of extinction
Loss of algae grazers could wipe out the corals in the next 20 years
Scientists to study effect of climate change on rainforests
Experiment will take place in El Yunque National Forest
Global Eco Watch: Ice Age woolly rhino unearthed in Siberia
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Bonn climate talks: no change in parties' negotiating positions
Parties anxious to start discussions to reach 2015 agreement
Warmer Atlantic to cause more hurricanes every year: study
A study published in the journal Science says that the warming itself was a combination of natural factors and human-induced climate change
The world should start accepting Haitian refugees: Aprajita Kashyap
Down To Earth speaks to academician from Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies on the …
Deluge in Puerto Rico, drought in La Plata: WMO paints grim picture of warming Latin America, Caribbean
Extreme weather events in the region over 30 years have led to economic losses and affected countries’ to mitigate and adapt to climate …
‘Columbus Day is the celebration of genocide’
October 12 is when the United States celebrates Christopher Columbus making landfall in the Caribbean in his 3 caravels. A ‘cacique’ (…
Nearly 150,000 Indians have died in the past 51 years because of extreme weather
A new analysis by WMO published on May 22, 2023, stated that 138,377 Indians died between 1970 and 2021 in 573 climate-related disasters
Sustainable lobster harvesting in the Caribbean
The practice of diving deep into the sea to catch lobsters is unsafe for humans and has claimed many lives over the years
A monster earthquake hits Honduras; Tsunami alert issued in other Caribbean nations
The 7.6 magnitude earthquake rattled windows and shook the mainland, triggering Tsunami fears in surrounding nations
Women, children victims of obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean
In more than 20 countries the rate of female obesity is 10 percentage points higher than that of men
Small tropical islands could become the world's first 100% renewable nations
Expertise in renewables, climate change and resilience, along with a study on the Barbados energy sector, demonstrate the ease with which small …