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Researchers secure footage of colossal ocean creature: 'This is a biodiversity hotspot that remains largely unexplored'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 15, 2025
"Allowed us to significantly expand our understanding." by Michael MuirAugust 15, 2025 Marine conservationists on a research expedition to the Aegean Sea caught a rare glimpse of one of the ocean's largest creatures. As Greek outlet To Vima...
Inaugural Caribbean Youth Environment & Climate Change Conference set for Jamaica
Dominica News Online
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August 12, 2025
Dominica News Online - Tuesday, August 12th, 2025 at 4:44 PM Photo Credit: Uncharted Jamaica ToursThe Caribbean Youth Climate Council (CYCC), an organization representing young people across CARICOM member nations, is set to host its first-ever...
WEATHER: Tropical Storm Erin expected to become hurricane Thursday
Dominica News Online
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August 13, 2025
Home >> News Dominica Meteorological Service - Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 at 9:59 AM Valid from: 6:00 AM on Wednesday 13 August 2025 At 5am, the centre of Tropical Storm Erin was located near latitude 16.5 North, longitude 41.9 West or about...
Dominica’s youth encouraged to create opportunities for themselves
DBS Radio
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August 13, 2025
Home News Dominica’s youth encouraged to create opportunities for themselves Dominica’s youth have been encouraged to create opportunities for themselves. The call came from Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth and Sports Senator Oscar...
Comment on DSAA open accepting proposals for social impact grant by Putin
Dominica News Online
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August 18, 2025
Dominica News Online - Monday, August 18th, 2025 at 9:28 AM The Dominica SiFoCol Alumni Association (DSAA) has announced the launch of its 2025 Community Social Impact Grant. A press release from the organization stated that this funding...
WEATHER(UPDATE): Tropical Storm Erin strengthens as Saharan dust and dry conditions impact region
Dominica News Online
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August 12, 2025
Home >> Environment Dominica News Online - Tuesday, August 12th, 2025 at 10:01 AM Valid from: 12:00 PM on Tuesday 12 August 2025 At 1100 AM, the centre of Tropical Storm Erin was located near latitude 17.2 North, longitude 36.3 West. Erin is...
Montserrat to Compete in 5th ECCB International Netball Series in Grenada
Discover Montserrat
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August 18, 2025
Montserrat is preparing to participate in the fith annual netball series slated for Grenada this weekend. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), in collaboration with the Caribbean Netball Association and Netball Grenada will host the...
Tropical Storm Erin approaches Northern Leeward Islands; weather system to affect Southern Lesser Antilles
Dominica News Online
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August 13, 2025
Home >> Environment Dominica News Online - Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 at 6:32 PM Tropical Storm Erin is steadily advancing across the Atlantic and is expected to approach the northern Leeward Islands over the weekend. As of 5:00 PM local time,...
WEATHER (6:00 AM, August 11): Approaching tropical wave expected to develop into depression or storm
Dominica News Online
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August 11, 2025
Home >> News Dominica News Online - Monday, August 11th, 2025 at 8:50 AM Unstable conditions associated with a tropical wave are expected to result in an increase in cloudiness with scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms during...
International Youth Day: Caribbean youth representative named to UN Secretary-General’s youth advisory panel on Climate Change
Dominica News Online
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August 12, 2025
Dominica News Online - Tuesday, August 12th, 2025 at 12:39 PM Ashley LashleyAshley Lashley, a CARICOM Youth Ambassador from Barbados, has been selected as one of 14 young climate leaders appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to serve...
Dominica and China sign five-year medical cooperation agreement
Dominica News Online
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August 9, 2025
Dominica News Online - Saturday, August 9th, 2025 at 11:36 AM From L-R Health Minister Cassanni Laville and Chinese Ambassador to Dominica Chu MaomingThe Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and the People’s Republic of China have formalized...
STATEMENT: Paul Baron, Former President – National Youth Council of Dominica, International Youth Day
Dominica News Online
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August 12, 2025
Today, as we join the world in observing International Youth Day, I am reminded that a nation’s greatest resource is not its land, its buildings, or even its natural beauty — it is its people. And among its people, the youth hold the greatest...
Dominica government invests $20,000 in newly-registered Good Hope Farmers Cooperative
Dominica News Online
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August 8, 2025
Dominica News Online - Friday, August 8th, 2025 at 2:30 PM Prime Minister Roosevelt SkerritThe Government of Dominica has committed $20,000 to the Good Hope Farmers Cooperative Society Limited. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made the...
WEATHER: (12:00 PM, August 8): Approaching tropical wave could develop into depression early next week
Dominica News Online
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August 8, 2025
Home >> News Dominica News Online - Friday, August 8th, 2025 at 12:52 PM A high-pressure system remains the dominant feature across the area resulting in a relatively dry atmosphere. However, low-level cloud patches moving westward could result in...
A stark reminder of extreme weather's global impact
Meer
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August 11, 2025
American President Donald Trump tweeted once that he “does not believe global warming is happening,” and former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro stated that it was “just an excuse to meddle with Brazil’s sovereignty.” But the Climate Risk Index...
WEATHER: (6:00 pm, August 7): Tropical wave under watch, could strengthen into tropical depression
Dominica News Online
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August 8, 2025
Home >> News Dominica News Online - Thursday, August 7th, 2025 at 9:19 PM Meteorological officials are closely monitoring a tropical wave currently located in the eastern Tropical Atlantic, which shows signs of gradual development. The system is...
Dominica’s 2025–2026 budget targets 4,000 jobs and expanded agricultural investment
Dominica News Online
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August 5, 2025
Dominica’s 2025–2026 National Budget will generate approximately 4,000 jobs over the next four years, according to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. Speaking during his budget presentation last week, Skerrit said the new jobs will span multiple...
Caribbean lawyers celebrate ICJ climate change opinion: We’ve been heard
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 10, 2025
Features Narissa Fraser 2 Hrs Ago (From right) Acting Justice of the Supreme Court in The Bahamas Cheryl Bazard, KC, TT lawyer Justin Sobion, and attorney Kate Wilson, legal officer in the Department of Sustainable Development in St Lucia, outside...
Las 'Elderberries' de EE. UU. y la cosmología que busca sanar la Tierra
Global Sisters Report
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August 18, 2025
En medio de inundaciones y sequías, extinción de especies y otras consecuencias de la emergencia climática global, un movimiento a nivel mundial cree que una nueva comprensión del origen de nuestra historia puede ayudar a renovar la Tierra y la...
Untold Story Travel Launches New Diving with Sperm Whales in Dominica Itinerary
Deeper Blue
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August 8, 2025
Travel company Untold Story Travel announced this week it has launched a Diving with Sperm Whales experience in the waters of Dominica. The new six-day itinerary, designed to highlight marine biodiversity and support ongoing protection efforts,...