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March 2025: Earth’s 3rd-warmest March on record
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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April 10, 2025
March 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest March in analyses of global weather data going back to 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported Apr. 10. NASA and the European Copernicus Climate Change Service rated March...
Critical water scarcity poses threat to the Caribbean – CAF study
The Gleaner
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April 14, 2025
BRIDGETOWN: A new comprehensive study conducted by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean has provided more detailed analysis of the water security challenges facing Barbados and the eastern Caribbean. The study has highlighted...
Julien Creuzet is Embracing Metamorphosis
Elephant Magazine
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April 3, 2025
Julien Creuzet hasn’t just revisited his Venice Biennale pavilion — he has revitalised it. The artist discusses cultural entanglements, national identity, and the poetry of metamorphosis in his work, where translation, migration, and memory fuse...
WASCO Advances Efforts in Sustainable Wastewater Treatment with CARIBSAN Phase 2 Launch
The Voice
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April 9, 2025
Partners of the Caribbean Cooperation for Wastewater Treatment Inspired by Natural Heritage (CAR-IBSAN) met virtually on April 1, 2025 to officially launch Phase 2 of the project, marking a bold step toward innovative, sustainable wastewater...
Change of co-skipper for the Cap Pour Elles crew
Sail-World
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April 3, 2025
by Transat Café L'OR 3 Apr 08:33 PDT 26 October 2025 Having been recently selected as co-skipper for the TRANSAT CAFÉ L'OR Cap pour Elles project unfortunately Caroline Boule has told the organization that she has to withdraw and so the French...
Maestria striking a new chord in Caribbean music education
The Gleaner
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April 12, 2025
In an initiative to elevate Caribbean musical talent and provide a global platform for cultural exchange, Maestria Caribbean Masterclass has emerged as a dynamic and immersive training programme for aspiring musicians across the region. The...
French law permits eco-friendly drone use for safer crop protection
The Scottish Farmer
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April 15, 2025
The legislation allows remote-controlled aircraft to apply biocontrol substances—like pheromones and beneficial microorganisms—as well as pesticides classified as 'low risk' under EU regulations. These products are often used in organic farming...
Critical Water Scarcity Poses Threat to the Caribbean, according to CAF study.
Antigua News Room
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April 12, 2025
Critical Water Scarcity Poses Threat to the Caribbean, according to CAF study. Bank convenes meeting of regional stakeholders to develop urgent roadmap [Bridgetown, Barbados. April 12, 2025] – A new comprehensive study conducted by CAF –...
✰PREMIUMSpotlight: Above the city: Part one
Brooklyn Eagle - New York
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April 10, 2025
Philippe Petit walks across a tightrope between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, August 7, 1974. Photo: Alan Welner/AP Framed against the pink evening sky, a man hangs upside-down from a concrete tower 400 feet above the ground. He holds a...
Italian American sailor Francesca Clapcich launches bid for 2028 Vendée Globe powered by 11th Hour Racing
Live Sail Die
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March 21, 2025
Team Francesca Clapcich Powered By 11th Hour Racing will purchase Malizia-Seaexplorer, the 60-foot IMOCA race boat that Boris Herrmann has just sailed around the world in the 2024 Vendée Globe. Clapcich will set up the team’s base in Lorient,...
New challenge for Francesca Clapcich
Scuttlebutt Sailing News - California
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March 20, 2025
Francesca Clapcich, two-time Olympian and on 11th Hour Racing Team when they won The Ocean Race 2022-23, has launched her campaign for the 2028-29 Vendée Globe. Using the 60-foot IMOCA, the Italian-American will take on this elite offshore race...
What we've learned since a 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled NJ
The North Jersey Record - New Jersey
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A magnitude 4.8 earthquake was felt throughout New Jersey on April 5, 2024. The most recent earthquake in New Jersey was on March 21 and measured 1.8 magnitude. One year ago, on April 5, 2024, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck near Tewksbury,...
Caribbean Yard Campus launches Dry Season 2025 courses
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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April 1, 2025
Features Paula Lindo 10 Hrs Ago Flyer for the Caribbean Yard Campus Dry Season 2025 courses. - Photo courtesy Caribbean Yard Campus THE Caribbean Yard Campus (CYC) will continue its efforts to pass on traditional knowledge through its upcoming Dry...
Imperialism and White Settler Colonialism in Marxist Theory
Hampton Institute
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March 31, 2025
By John Bellamy Foster Republished from Monthly Review. The concept of settler colonialism has always been a key element in the Marxist theory of imperialism, the meaning of which has gradually evolved over a century and a half. Today the...
Sod turning ceremony held for EC$26.5 million St Andrew’s Anglican Primary School
Now Grenada
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April 11, 2025
A sod turning ceremony was held at the site of the original St Andrew’s Anglican Primary School (SAAPS) on Victoria Street, Grenville, on Tuesday, 8 April marking the countdown to a long-awaited new school structure. Construction of the new...
Costa Rica's World Poisonous Tree
MENAFN
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April 4, 2025
(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) Maybe the first image that comes to mind when we think of poison apples is Disney's Witch Evil Queen, from the 1937 film“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. Or maybe it has to do with the story of British mathematician Alan...
Roach’s two-year term as TTMA president ends today
Trinidad Express
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April 9, 2025
ROGER Roach is expected to step down as president of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) today at the association’s annual meeting, having served the maximum tenure allowed in the role. Following the 2023 Annual General...
VIRTUAL REALITY STATISTICS 2024: MARKET SIZE & INDUSTRY GROWTH
Hollywood Gazette
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September 30, 2024
“`html VIRTUAL REALITY STATISTICS 2024: MARKET SIZE & INDUSTRY GROWTH Last Updated: September 24, 2024 The technology of virtual reality (VR) has gained immense popularity recently, with various applications that span entertainment, education, and...
Strong earthquake felt in three Caribbean countries
The Gleaner
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November 5, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 was felt in three Caribbean countries on Monday night, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has reported. It said that...
From Its Colonial Zone to a Just-Opened Hyatt, Travelers are Flocking to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic
Caribbean Journal
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October 25, 2024
Maybe you know the colorful streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Or the vibrant sounds of Kingston, Jamaica. Perhaps you’ve strolled through the centuries-old boulevards of Fort-de-France, Martinique, or the historic corners of Nassau. The Caribbean...