Coral Bleeching Threat to Caribbean

Scientists from NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch Program say conditions are favorable for significant coral bleaching and infectious coral disease outbreaks in the Caribbean, especially in the Lesser Antilles. The forecast is based on the July NOAA Coral Reef Watch outlook, which expects continued high water temperatures through October 2009.
Scientists are concerned that bleaching may reach the same levels or exceed those recorded in 2005, the worst coral bleaching and disease year in Caribbean history. In parts of the eastern Caribbean, as much as 90 percent of corals bleached and over half of those died during that event." 

West Coast Trek

The Tropics are a State of Mind.
Click HERE to watch a video of my recent trip to the Grand Canyon and British Columbia.

On the Road Again

Just finished reading Susan Hitchcock's "Blown Away" - a well-written book detailing her family's trek from Virginia to the southern Caribbean...

Off on Wednesday for a land-based trek from Mt. Pleasant to British Columbia via Texas, Arizona, Utah and Oregon ...