Tag: Caribbean

Colonial-era land policies and development have left island towns vulnerable to increasing storm risks.

Using ethnography, the project will study the experiences of vulnerable communities in the area known as 'Hurricane Alley.'

Hurricane Beryl is a disturbing harbinger of what is to come as global sea-surface temperatures keep rising.

Since the beginning of 2023, corals have been dying in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans, both north and south ...

Intensive fishing and habitat degradation from urbanization and climate change have caused conch populations to dwindle.

Within the past five years, every island in the region has experienced some sort of water scarcity.

Changes in the Caribbean's population of corals threaten marine biodiversity and coastal economies.

Sargassum is being turned into nutrient-rich biofertilizers and other organic products, but there are hurdles to scaling the industry.

Shorelock is biopolymer that enhances the interaction of sand particles with water to resist erosion, provide a more stable coastline.

The spread of a microscopic pathogen threatens sea urchin populations and coral reefs around the world.