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The geohazards monitored by the UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI SRC) occur on timescales that are longer than a human lifetime. There are generations of families who have heard the same refrain from scientists at the centre: “Our region can experience large, damaging...
Every year, the countries of the Caribbean region, including TT, are plagued by the large amounts of sargassum seaweed deposited on the beaches and coastline areas. The resulting mass of degrading and critter-infested seaweed is a turnoff for tourists and local...
Now that climate change is directly affecting our day-to-day lives here in the Caribbean, it is becoming critical that we think long and hard about how we can ensure that our Caribbean healthcare systems are climate-resilient, both now and in the future, when the...
Isn’t it strange how we hear so much about climate change, and yet most of us still understand so little? That’s partly because it’s so big and endlessly complicated. Too much to wrap your head around. Even scientists who spend their days thinking about it really only...
We must not forget that 71 per cent of our planet is covered by ocean and 64 per cent of that total – is considered as Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ); that is, lying outside of the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of countries. ABNJ belongs truly to “no...
Have you ever wondered if the wild meat you bought to enjoy for Christmas was really “wild” meat? Unless you see the whole carcass, you would have to take the word of the seller. How do you know where the meat came from? Again, you would have to trust the word of the...
