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After the Mediterranean, the Caribbean Sea is the second most polluted sea. Pollution (in the form of up to 300,000 tonnes of solid garbage dumped into the Caribbean Sea each year) is progressively endangering marine ecosystems, wiping out species, and harming the livelihoods of the local people, which is primarily reliant on tourism and fishing.
The Caribbean (/ ˌ k ær ɪ ˈ b iː ən, k ə ˈ r ɪ b i ən / KARR-ib-EE-ən, kə-RIB-ee-ən, locally / ˈ k ær ɪ b i æ n / KARR-ib-ee-an; [4] Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Caraïbes; Dutch: de Caraïben), is a subregion in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies.
The physical characteristics of Barbados are its lowlands or gently sloping, terraced plains, separated by rolling hills that generally parallel the coasts. [7] Elevations in the interior range from 180 to 240 meters above sea level. Mount Hillaby is the highest point at 340 meters above sea level. [7]
Location map Puerto Rico Trench—United States Geological Survey Perspective view of the sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The Lesser Antilles are on the lower left side of the view and Florida is on the upper right. The purple sea floor at the center of the view is the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic ...
The hurricane center is currently tracking two systems in the Atlantic, including one in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, which is currently designated as Invest 95L.
The hurricane center said Monday a "broad area of low pressure" is likely to develop over the southwestern Caribbean Sea in a few days, and gradual development is possible thereafter.
The Bahamas is expected to be highly affected by sea level rise because at least 80% of the total land is below 10 meters elevation. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] As a small island developing state , the Bahamas is vulnerable to escalating disease outbreaks, and climate change could affect the seasonality of outbreaks and transmission of disease.
A disturbance over the Caribbean Sea and another system in the eastern Atlantic could see some development next week, forecasters say.