Despite recent calls to limit future increases in the global average temperature to well below
2° C, little is known about how different climatic thresholds will impact human society. Future …

This paper draws upon Foucauldian theories of governmentality and biopower to examine
the recent growth of greenhouse cultivation on the island of Jamaica. Greenhouse farming …

For many generations, Caribbean smallholder farmers have used traditional knowledge to
manage drought impacts. However, patterns of increased climate variability increasingly …

Highly fragile small island states experience disproportionate climate impacts given their
limited capacity to implement cost‐effective tools for detecting emerging signals of drying …

Jamaica will face future climate trends marked by increases in the intensity and frequency of
climate extremes, escalating rainfall variability, and increased droughts and floods; …

The purpose of this research is to identify the environmental variables, seasonal patterns,
and geographical characteristics that correlate with the positive identification of drought by …

Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) depend heavily on their limited natural
resources, with the largest sectors generally being agriculture, fisheries, and tourism (Pérez …

The simultaneous impacts of climatic and economic changes have increased the
vulnerability of small-scale farmers in the Caribbean. New technologies to improve the …

147 mixed with deeper groundwater and hydrothermal fluids of magma origin (Rad et al.
2013, Hemmings et al. 2015). In Puerto Rico, spring water composition is predominantly …