Perhaps the first thing that strikes one about this bulletin is that it has managed to combine a refreshing simplicity with scientific accuracy. 
This is important, because in the message it carries, it should cater to a wide readership at all levels of educational attainment and literacy. Although the problems dealt with are global in scope, they are particularly applicable to the Caribbean nations, encompassed as they are by the sea. Indeed, in this issue, one article has its genesis in the Caribbean.