BARBADOS IS BEING seen as a future hub for marine innovation, hurricane forecasting and scientific education.
Regional and international ocean experts made that announcement at the pre-launch media briefing for the Vetlesen Caribbean Hurricane Ocean Glider at the Barbados Blue Dive Shop in Aquatic Gap, Needham’s Point, St Michael yesterday.
This came about through the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), Rutgers University’s Centre for Ocean Observing Leadership (RU COOL), the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE).
Three leading experts in the field – regional coordinator and head of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Dr Lorna Inniss, professor at Rutgers University’s Centre for Ocean Observing Leadership, Scott Glenn, and principal for the CIMH, Dr David Farrell – shared their unified vision for a regional ocean observing system that will strengthen climate resilience and support sustainable development throughout the Caribbean.
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