AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoHeat & Cities: France’s fifth heatwave since May is putting extra pressure on people living in “heat islands” like Aubervilliers, where dense concrete and few green spaces keep nights unusually hot and indoor temperatures climb fast. Caribbean Storm Watch: A tropical disturbance is expected to bring heavy rain and gusty winds across the southeastern Caribbean tonight into Saturday, with isolated tropical-storm-force gusts near 80 km/h and flooding/mudslide risk in some islands, including Guadeloupe. Plastic Pollution Across Borders: Jamaica is seeing a surge of foreign plastic waste on its eastern coastline, including debris labeled from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Haiti, and also Guadeloupe and Martinique—highlighting that marine litter is a regional, current-driven problem that local bans alone can’t stop. Marine Life Discovery: Researchers link a tiny red sea slug found near Havana and Pointe de Malendure (Guadeloupe) to a World Cup tribute name—showing how local biodiversity can surface in global science, even as naming rules still need to be finalized.
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