Archive for 'The Caribbean'
From Long Island to the Solomon Islands, Communities Tackle Climate Change
As UN negotiators from around the world gather in Barcelona this week to continue hammering out a global climate deal, the question of emissions reduction targets has grabbed center stage in the press.
But even if all countries stopped emitting greenhouse gas pollution today, the impacts of climate change will be felt for years to come.
We [...]
Posted: November 4th, 2009 under Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Coral Reefs, Oceans & Coasts, Policy, The Caribbean, United States.
Tags: adaptation, Caribbean climate, Choiseul, Climate Change, climate impact, coast climate change, Coastal Resilience, cop15, Copenhagen, Karen Foerstel, Lauru Land Conference, Long Island climate, Long Island sea rise, Mike Beck, Planet Change, Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands climate, Solomon Islands sea rise, UNFCCC Barcelona
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Eat Lionfish and Stop These Caribbean Reef Invaders
My husband returns to the same reefs every year in the Bahamas, where he has been teaching a coral reef ecology class for the last 14 years. On his 2008 trip, he noticed that the reef fish were missing. The culprits were quickly identified — and during his 2009 course, he and his students were [...]
Posted: November 2nd, 2009 under Central America, Conservation Issues, Coral Reefs, Fish, Invasive species, Oceans & Coasts, Science, South America, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Caribbean, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: artisanal fishing, Bahamas, Bahamas lionfish, Caribbean Fisheries Management Council, Colombia lionfish, coral, coral reef, eat lionfish, grouper, grouper overfish, invasive fish, lionfish, lionfish recipe, Monterrey Bay Seafood Watch, reef fish, snapper Caribbean, Stephanie Wear, stop lionfish, Virgin Islands lionfish
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Nature Photo of the Week: Curacao Scorpionfish
With so many great photos from our online community this week, it was hard to pick just one… but this curacao scorpionfish by Flickr user DiamondPete has a certain “now you see me, now you don’t” quality that’s just too alluring to pass up.
Check out all The Nature Conservancy’s featured daily nature images, submitted to the Conservancy’s [...]
Posted: October 16th, 2009 under Coral Reefs, Nature Photo of the Week, The Caribbean, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: curacao scorpionfish, nature image, nature photo, Nature Photo of the Week
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Hoping for a Hurricane? Coral Reefs Are
Having lived in the hurricane zone for most of the last decade, I have developed a bit of an addiction to The Weather Channel this time of year. Until recently, the general feeling around hurricane coverage and anticipation of hurricane season in the United States has been a fear of “the big one.” Now, and [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2009 under Climate Change, Coral Reefs, Oceans & Coasts, The Caribbean.
Tags: bleached coral, Caribbean coral bleaching, Caribbean coral reef, coral bleaching, coral reef management, Coral Reef Watch, El Nino, El Nino coral, El Nino coral bleaching, El Nino reef, Florida coral, Florida coral bleaching, Florida reef, hurricane, Hurricane Bill, hurricane coral, hurricane reef, hurricane season, hurricane season prediction blog, Lesser Antilles coral, Lesser Antilles reef, Nature Conservancy, Nature Conservancy coral, Nature Conservancy reef, NOAA Coral Reef Watch, ocean warming, sea warming, Stephanie Wealr, superoxide coral, superoxide reef, The Nature Conservancy, zooxanthellae, zooxznthellae bleaching
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Cool Green Morning: Monday, August 31
Cool Green Morning, defined: 1) We find the most interesting 5 green links every weekday morning. 2) You look at them. What could be easier? Begin your half of the bargain below…
Adapting to climate change will cost the world at least $100 billion per year by 2030, according to a new estimate by former [...]
Posted: August 31st, 2009 under Air Pollution, Animals, Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Green Living, Green Technology, Oceans & Coasts, The Caribbean.
Tags: Afghanistan, Ask Pablo, Climate Change, climate change adaptation, Climate Feedback, CO2, CO2 emissions, DotEarth, EcoWorldly, Energy, gasoline, green building, IPCC, LEED, LEED certification, Martin Parry, sea turtle, snow leopard, The Bahamas, The New York Times, The Vine, Treehugger, UNFCCC
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, August 25
From the serious (climate change in Africa, declining reef fish in the Caribbean) to the not-so-serious (carbon-friendly ice cream? robotic fish to help detect pollution?), our round-up of Cool Green Morning news is sure to help start your day off on a green foot.
It’s the new robo-cop of the underwater world: scientists have developed a [...]
Posted: August 25th, 2009 under Africa, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Coral Reefs, Energy, Fish, Forests, Green Living, Green Technology, South America, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Caribbean.
Tags: ambient ice cream, Blogfish, Brazil deforestation, Caribbean reef fish, climate change in Africa, drought, Environmental Capital, flood, global carbon emissions from deforestation, heatwave, low-carbon ice cream, National Institute for Space Research, population growth, robofish, sea level rise, underwater pollution
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Helping Caribbean Coral Reef Managers Get Their Heads Above Water
I should start by introducing myself — Stephanie Wear, Conservancy marine scientist and coral reef optimist.
I just returned from Bonaire, where I co-led a coral reef resilience training for Caribbean reef managers. If you have never heard of Bonaire — an island territory that’s part of the Netherlands Antilles, just off the coast of Venezuela [...]
Posted: July 23rd, 2009 under Climate Change, Conservation Issues, Coral Reefs, Oceans & Coasts, Protected Areas, The Caribbean, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: Bonaire, Bonaire dive, Bonaire diving, Bonaire National Maine Park, Caribbean, Caribbean dive, Caribbean diving, Climate Change, Coral Reefs, management training, marine parks, Netherlands Antilles dive diving, Ramon de Leon, reef management, reef resiliency, Stephanie Wear
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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, July 23
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First, we hear Steven Chu has a Facebook page. Now he’s appearing on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. What next? Read on for all the latest Cool Green News on this fine Cool Green Morning.
Will farmers do better financially under the proposed Waxman-Markey [...]
Posted: July 23rd, 2009 under Carbon Markets, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Coral Reefs, Energy, Green Living, Green Technology, Interviews, Markets, Media, Oceans & Coasts, Policy, Rainforests, Science, The Caribbean, United States.
Tags: baseball stadiums, carbon offsets, Caribbean reefs, Climate Change, climate change mitigation, coral bleaching, Daily Show, Environmental Capital, facebook, farmers, Jon Stewart, LEED certification, Mongabay, NOAA, Red Green and Blue, save rainforests, Steven Chu, warming ocean, Waxman-Markey, wind energy
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Dispatch from Bonn: What Really Happens at These Meetings, Anyhow?
Round Two in the 2009 climate negotiations is underway in Bonn, Germany. The Nature Conservancy has a small team here pushing forward on our objectives for a new global climate agreement that will be finalized this December in Copenhagen.
Last week I outlined why we are here and what success means for The Nature Conservancy at [...]
Posted: June 11th, 2009 under Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Oceans & Coasts, Policy, Rainforests, The Caribbean, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: Bali, Bonn II, Caribbean Challenge, Chrissy Schwinn, Climate Change, Copenhagen, Coral Triangle Initiative, forest carbon, Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, Micronesia Challenge, REDD, reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, May 12
The birds are chirping, the sun is shining… the only thing missing is your daily dose of top green news stories. Well, look no further.
You’ve seen ”The Story of Stuff” video, haven’t you? It’s become a big hit in classrooms across the country, so keep up with the kids and check it out (short clip above, full-length version at their [...]
Posted: May 12th, 2009 under Animals, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Europe, Fish, Forests, North America, Oceans & Coasts, Science, The Caribbean, United States.
Tags: Annie Leonard, Blogfish, Bright Green Blog, car-free living, deforestation, Dot Earth, Germany, habitat loss, Haiti, poverty, Red Green and Blue, seahorses, Story of Stuff
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