CHARLOTTE AMALIE — UVI’s Center for Marine and Environmental Studies recently received a $100,000 award from the Marine Debris Program to reduce hurricane-deposited marine debris from mangrove shorelines
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NOAA: Forty Percent Chance of A ‘Near-Normal’ Atlantic Hurricane Season in 2019
MIAMI — NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting that a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season is most likely this year. There is a 40 percent chance of
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NOAA Environmental Literacy Program Awards UVI $500,000 in Funds
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands has received $500,000 in funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Literacy Program
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Scientists Set To Explore New Sites in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands Waters Today
SAN JUAN — Scientists will explore new sites in deep waters surrounding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to learn more about coral and
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Virgin Islands Has Its Eyes On Three Storms, But Tropical Storm Isaac Is One To Watch
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — The active Atlantic is getting busier, as Tropical Storm Isaac has formed. It is expected to become a
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Travelers Don’t Have To Avoid Hurricane Belt This Season … Just Come Prepared
SAN JUAN — Memorial Day signaled the unofficial start of summer, the conch shell reveille rousing travelers dreaming of an ocean getaway. Then four days later,
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HURRICANE SEASON 2018: Cooler Ocean Temps Force Forecasters To Revise Predictions Downward
This May 26 satellite image taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Subtropical Storm Alberto in the Gulf of Mexico as it
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How Big Can A Tsunami Get in Caribbean? Big Enough With A 9.0 Earthquake Behind It
SAN JUAN — The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has researchers reevaluating whether a magnitude 9.0 megathrust earthquake and resulting tsunami might also be a likely
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Puerto Rico Air National Guard C-130 Crashes in Georgia Killing All Nine On Board Today
THE WC-130 WAS ONCE A HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAVANNAH — A Puerto Rico Air National Guard plane crashed in Georgia shortly after
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YEAR OF THE HURRICANE: 2017 Was A Whopper The Likes Of Which We’ve Never Seen Before, It Knocked Our Socks Off And Left Us A Little Wet
CHRISTIANSTED — We certainly aren’t going out on a limb to call the Year 2017 the Year of the Hurricane. Not when you live here.
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