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Daybreak – 1 July 2025
Meet the RBC Young Leaders… who are turning plastic into purpose.
You’ve walked Cayman’s shores and wondered about the flowers along the coast and sea — this nature break is for you. Joining us is Hannah Reid Ford to take us into the world of Cayman’s coastal plants.
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Cayman Compass
Little Cayman reef coral cover plummets to 10% after bleaching
The reefs on Little Cayman are still reeling from 2023’s devastating global coral bleaching event, shows the latest report on reef health from the Central Caribbean Marine Institute.
In 2023, before the bleaching event, CCMI’s surveys recorded that the average coral cover in Little Cayman was at its highest since monitoring began in 1999, at 27.3%. Following the severe bleaching, the institute’s survey, and its latest ‘Healthy Reef Report Card‘, indicated that coral cover in 2024 plummeted to the lowest ever recorded — just 10%.
Prior to 2023, the previous all-time-low of coral cover was recorded in 2005, at 15%, said Little Cayman-based CCMI, which described the 2024 report as “sobering”.
