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CEI supports The Bahamas in calling for environmental protections against effects of deep sea mining
Dr. Nick Higgs, CEI Director, attended the 29th Assembly of the International Seabed Assembly (ISA) in Jamaica to discuss deep sea protection.
Research responds to fisher questions about the stone crab fishery to ensure sustainability
In the last few decades, the Bahamian stone crab fishery has grown into an emerging commercial fishery. With exports of stone crabs claws valued over an estimated $3 million, it is now…
Bahamas Coral Spawning Predictions 2024
Our team of coral researchers at The Island School’s Cape Eleuthera Institute just released their coral spawning predictions for 2024!
Should We Be Friends?: An Island School Story
Friendship can be found in the most unlikely places. One of the treasures of The Island School is the way in which students from all different backgrounds come together and…
Cape Eleuthera Institute’s Crawfish Aquaculture Program
The Island School’s Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) is thrilled to introduce a crawfish aquaculture program designed to restock wild populations and pioneer the rearing of crawfish to marketable size. This…
Celebrating 10-years of partnership with Boys Hope Girls Hope
This spring The Island School is thrilled to celebrate 10 years of partnership with Boys Hope Girls Hope of New York (BHGHNY). This partnership, established in Spring 2013 Semester at…
Crawfish Aquaculture comes to Eleuthera
Scientists from The Island School’s Cape Eleuthera Institute are working to set up a new nursery facility for growing crawfish in South Eleuthera, and they want members of the community…
Alumni Spotlight: A Pivotal Experience
By Rachel Fry, Former Island School Semester Faculty When I look back at my time working at The Island School Semester, I see it as a pivotal experience that directed…
Stone Crabs: Don’t Clip the Biter, Stick It!
Ground-breaking research on the stone crab fishery in The Bahamas has identified an alternative method for claw removal that increases the chances of stone crab survival by nearly 30% once…
Sustainable Waste Management
Sustainable waste management at the Island School begins inside the Tingum Center. The open-air storage bay is home to glass bottles, tin cans, warped cardboard, and other discarded articles. The majority of these items, in keeping with our environmental ethos, will be reused or repurposed into new, useful materials.
Field Notes from an Island School Apprentice
About the Writer: Jade Knowles, a 2017 Deep Creek Middle School alumna, spent her summer working as a Climate Change Research Apprentice at The Island School. She is from Nassau,…
2022 Hurricane Forecast for The Bahamas
June marks the official start of hurricane season in the tropical North Atlantic and hurricane forecasters are predicting above-average activity in the North Atlantic Basin this year. Current predictions call…
DCMS Celebrates 20-Years
We are thrilled by the growth–and more importantly the outcomes–we’ve seen in our Deep Creek Middle School students since its inception, and eager to celebrate this impressive 20-year milestone with our many alumni, friends, and supporters over the years.
CEI and NOAA Collaborate in Sea Glider Launch
The ultimate goal of this project is to take observational data of the upper ocean to improve hurricane forecasting in the North Atlantic Ocean. There are many partners throughout the Caribbean and North America working in collaboration with NOAA and the University of Miami on this regional project. The glider deployment with CEI is the first done in The Bahamas. This is really important work because The Bahamas is one of the most hurricane prone countries in the North Atlantic due to its location and proximity to Florida. This nation has historically been affected by the four different hurricane types, which develop in different areas in the North Atlantic basin.