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Residents wade through flooded streets after Hurricane Maria
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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.

Copper engraving of Lisbon, Portugal, during 1755 earthquake.
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Caribbean Sediment Traced to 1755 Portuguese Quake and Tsunami

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 19 September 201731 October 2024

Archaeologists digging in Martinique chanced upon the first tsunami deposit from the earthquake found in the New World. The tsunami left a strong trace, it seems, because the wave went up a river.

Hurricane Irma in Atlantic Ocean
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Hurricane Irma Tears Across Caribbean, Heads to South Florida

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 7 September 20171 March 2023

Florida residents prepare for potentially catastrophic winds and flooding.

Hurricane Matthew brought high winds and heavy rain to the Caribbean in October 2016.
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Climate Change’s Pulse Is in Central America and the Caribbean

by J. E. González, Matei Georgescu, M. C. Lemos, N. Hosannah and D. Niyogi 27 April 201716 March 2023

Nations that border the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea are ideally placed for tracking the effects of global climate change and testing innovative ways to adapt to future changes.

Tobago 2015 Sargassum beaching
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Sargassum Watch Warns of Incoming Seaweed

by C. Hu, B. Murch, B. B. Barnes, M. Wang, J.-P. Maréchal, J. Franks, D. Johnson, B. Lapointe, D. S. Goodwin, J. M. Schell and A. N. S. Siuda 2 September 20164 January 2024

The Sargassum Watch System processes satellite data and feeds results to a Web portal, giving decision makers timely information on seaweed location and warnings for potential beaching events.

The Grupo de Óptica Atmosférica de Camagüey instruments at Camagüey Meteorological Centre in Camagüey, Cuba.
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Norway and Cuba Evaluate Bilateral Climate Research Results

by J. C. Antuña-Marrero, M. d. S. Mesquita and A. Rodriguez 2 May 201620 March 2023

XCUBE Workshop; Camagüey, Cuba, 16–18 November 2015

Posted inScience Updates

The Impact of African Dust on Air Quality in the Caribbean Basin

by J. M. Prospero and Henry F. Diaz 21 January 20167 March 2023

Symposium on Airborne Dust, Climate Change, and Human Health; Miami, Florida, 19–21 May 2015

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