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Trail in a dry forest on Saint Lucia
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Worsening Water Crisis in the Eastern Caribbean

by Sarah Peter 22 July 202010 November 2021

Scientists, policy makers, and residents are concerned that ongoing water shortages and longer periods of drought may worsen as the climate changes and that the Paris Agreement has fallen short.

Map of the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc showing the subduction zone trench and the location of two Deep Sea Drilling Cores
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Extremely High Carbon Return in Certain Volcanic Arcs

by S. D. Jacobsen 3 June 202023 September 2022

By comparing measured volcanic output with subducted carbon fluxes from drill cores, the Lesser Antilles subduction zone shows nearly complete slab carbon release at sub-arc depths.

A brown cow grazing in a green meadow in Colombia
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How Conflict Influenced Land Use in Colombia

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 20 November 20192 November 2021

Researchers use new maps and statistical techniques to infer how armed conflict influenced land cover in the understudied Caribbean region of the country.

Cleaning up Sargassum in the Dominican Republic
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Satellite Data Reveal Growth and Decline of Sargassum

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 29 July 20194 January 2024

High nutrient levels in 2018 resulted in a nearly 9,000-kilometer belt of Sargassum, a seaweed critical to many marine animals but also a nuisance when it washes up on shorelines, new results reveal.

Waves crash ashore during a storm
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Weather-Induced Tsunami Waves Regularly Roll Up on U.S. Shores

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 3 April 201917 May 2022

Roughly 25 meteotsunamis strike coastlines between Maine and Puerto Rico each year, tide gauge data reveal.

Quill volcano Sint Eustatius Island
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Project VoiLA: Volatile Recycling in the Lesser Antilles

by S. Goes, J. Collier, J. Blundy, J. Davidson, N. Harmon, T. Henstock, J. M. Kendall, C. Macpherson, A. Rietbrock, K. Rychert, J. Prytulak, J. van Hunen, J. J. Wilkinson and M. Wilson 14 March 201927 January 2023

Deep water cycle studies have largely focused on subduction of lithosphere formed at fast spreading ridges. However, oceanic plates are more likely to become hydrated as spreading rate decreases.

Residents wade through flooded streets after Hurricane Maria
Posted inScience Updates

Advancing Climate Science and Response for Caribbean Islands

by K. A. Stephenson, T. S. Stephenson and A. Centella-Artola 25 January 201920 March 2023

Meeting of the Caribbean Climate Modelling Consortium; Kingston, Jamaica, 25 July 2018

A simulated tsunami traveling northwest across the Caribbean basin, in response to a hypothetical Mw 8.9 earthquake.
Posted inScience Updates

Nations Work Together to Size Up Caribbean Tsunami Hazards

by A. M. López-Venegas, S. E. Chacón-Barrantes, N. Zamora and J. Macías 4 October 20183 November 2022

An international collaboration is using historical records and modeling to assess tsunami potential in this high-risk region.

Corals hold clues into the behavior of Intertropical Convergence Zone rainfall
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Fossilized Caribbean Corals Reveal Ancient Summer Rains

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 20 April 201824 January 2024

Isotope records and climate modeling suggest that the rainy Intertropical Convergence Zone expanded northward into the southern Caribbean during a warm interglacial period about 125,000 years ago.

Hurricane Maria bears down on Dominica
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Unprecedented Hurricane Season Sees Widespread Damage

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 22 September 201726 October 2022

This hurricane season has broken multiple records already.

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