"While there is often a perspective that hurricanes are only destructive and disastrous events, they also provide ecological benefits to tropical and sub-tropical environments. Rainfall gives a boost to wetlands and flushes out lagoons, removing waste and...

"Coral reef scientists and managers were fortunate to have an early warning system in place prior to the damaging events of 2005. This chapter is a log of events that occurred in the Caribbean during 2005 and is largely based on messages sent out, and sub...