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Volcanic Blasts May Be to Blame for Strange Blue Rings in Norway’s Trees
Discover Magazine
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Human skin isn't the only thing that can change color after facing the cold. Trees and shrubs change colors, too, taking on a special blue tinge after they are sampled and stained. That’s according to a new study in Frontiers in Plant Science,...
Jottings From Fifth & G: Tangle or tango with AI?
Milwaukie Review - Oregon
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May 22, 2025
Published 12:23 pm Thursday, May 22, 2025 We are all becoming familiar these days with the acronym AI, but that does not mean we are adapted to this new mode of communication — far from it. A recent experience is an example of how frustrated we...
Seaweed to the Rescue: Caribbean’s Slippery Solution to Soaring Fuel Costs.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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May 18, 2025
- Advertisement - Every year, huge amounts of floating brown seaweed called sargassum wash up on Caribbean beaches. Once rare, this seaweed is now a major problem. It smells terrible when it rots, traps sea creatures, and drives tourists away....
Land needs assessed for TAMCC Mirabeau campus development
Now Grenada
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May 21, 2025
The TA Marryshow Community College (TAMCC), with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, conducted a reconnaissance mission of the Mirabeau Campus aimed at identifying lands for future campus expansion and the enhancement of the...
Strange Blue Rings in Trees Reveal History of Volcanic Eruptions
Greek Reporter
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January 22, 2025
In Norway, scientists have found blue rings in trees that hint at how volcanic eruptions disrupted growth throughout history. Credits: Credits: Havardtl, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Scientists in Norway have found blue rings in trees that...
200 Years Ago, France Extorted Haiti
Consortium News
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May 13, 2025
Marlene L. Daut on Haitians’ push for reparations for France’s 19th-century gunboat deal to compensate former enslavers, rather than the other way around. Attack and Take of the Crête-à-Pierrot, Auguste Raffet’s 1830 painting of an 1802 battle of...
Blue Rings in Scandinavian Trees Reveal Cold, Volcanic Summers a Century Ago
Technology Networks
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Register for free to listen to this article Thank you. Listen to this article using the player above. ✖ Scientists studying pine trees and juniper shrubs in northern Scandinavia are revealing the weather of the past by looking at tree rings —...
Quintessential Resilience: The Breadfruit in the Caribbean
JSTOR Daily
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January 24, 2025
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. This is a moment when people have to face the climate crisis, one of the signs of a developing loss of balance in our planet’s support systems for life. This past year’s violent...
ATSB: Delayed Response Raised Risk of Grounding for Drifting Bulker
The Maritime Executive
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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a final report on the double near-grounding of a bulker near Sydney in 2022, and it roundly criticized emergency-management officials for a series of delays in dispatching a full-size response...
The Smallest Snake In The World Is A Sub-4-Inch, Non-Venomous ‘Threadsnake’ — And It’s As Thin As A Strand Of Spaghetti
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician - New York
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April 23, 2025
Among over 100 species of threadsnakes, the Barbados threadsnake stands out as the smallest serpent ... More ever recorded.getty On June 9, 2006, herpetologist Blair Hedges and his wife, Carla Hass, were turning over rocks in a patch of secondary...
Curious 'Blue Rings' in Trees Reveal Fiery Volcanic Secrets
Newsweek
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January 22, 2025
In the frigid landscapes of northern Norway, an unusual phenomenon etched into the rings of trees and shrubs has offered a glimpse into the Earth's climatic history. Scientists have discovered that peculiar "blue rings" in wood samples reveal the...
Caribbean Matters: Exploring the new pope's Black Caribbean ancestry
Daily Kos
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May 17, 2025
Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the Caribbean. One of the major unexpected surprises...
MWAG -get on the move!
The Grenadian Voice
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May 15, 2025
There is a new president and also two new members on the committee to lead the Media Workers Association (MWAG) into the future. We listened with pleasure as they outlined the many problems and challenges journalists face as they were guests on...
PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR SUBSEA FIBRE TO IMPROVE INTERNET SPEED, CONNECTIVITY IN A&B
ABS Antigua & Barbuda
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May 17, 2025
Preparatory work has begun on a project to significantly improve internet speed and connectivity in Antigua and Barbuda. A team of experts has arrived in the island to undertake a vital marine survey in preparation for a subsea fibre to be landed...
April 2025 was the planet’s 2nd-warmest April on record
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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May 12, 2025
April 2025 was Earth’s second-warmest April in analyses of global weather data going back to 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported May 12. NASA and the European Copernicus Climate Change Service also rated...
Bishop’s College defends title at 2025 National Nutrition Quiz
Now Grenada
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May 7, 2025
by Grenada Food and Nutrition Council Bishop’s College has once again claimed victory in the 2025 Grenada Food and Nutrition Council (GFNC) Secondary Schools National Nutrition Quiz finals, successfully defending their title as champions in...
TTMA embarks on trade mission to Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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May 12, 2025
News Ryan Hamilton-Davis 51 Minutes Ago Emil Ramkissoon, owner of New Wave Marketing Ltd and vice president of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association - Photo by Lincoln Holder The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA)...
Is it time to uncancel Gauguin?
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Gauguin’s reputation did not have far to fall. Already, he’d scandalized the art world with his depictions of canonical Christian icons — Eve, the Virgin Mary, the Christ child — as contemporary Polynesians. He’d been arrested — briefly — on...
2025 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) begins today
Now Grenada
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May 14, 2025
The final (external) component of the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) takes place today, Wednesday, 14 May and tomorrow, Thursday, 15 May 2025. 1,804 students are registered for the assessment from 73 schools. They comprise 883 males and...
OECS Advanced Digital Skills Scholarships – Applications Now Open!
Nevis Pages
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April 23, 2025
The University of the West Indies, Global Campus (UWI Global Campus), in collaboration with the OECS Commission, announced the official launch of the OECS Advanced Digital Skills Scholarship Call during a webinar event on April 16, 2025. This...