Category: Environment
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Trash Collecting ‘Mermaid’ Breaks Swimming Record | Reuters
Merle Liivand, aka Mermaid Merle, broke a record by swimming 30 miles around Florida’s Biscayne Bay wearing a monofin, all the while collecting some 20 pounds of trash.
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GoPro Cause: The Ocean Cleanup | How to Rid Our Seas of Plastics
GoPro For A Cause partner, The Ocean Cleanup is on a mission to put themselves out of business by ridding our oceans of harmful plastics. For the last decade, they’ve been ideating + developing state-of-the-art systems to both remove existing ocean rubbish + stop the harmful flow of pollution from major rivers. Now, with tangible…
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The Red Algae Warning for Swimmers and Surfers on the Great Ocean Road | 7NEWS
Victorians have been warned not to swim at surf coast beaches after an algal bloom turned the sea red. The rare phenomenon looks spectacular but can be toxic to people’s skin.
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Two Dolphins Spotted Swimming in Bronx River for First Time in Five Years | The Independent
Dolphins have been spotted in New York’s Bronx River for the first time in more than five years. Authorities keep the river stocked with a plentiful supply of fish, which they believe may have drawn the dolphins back in. “This is great news – it shows that the decades-long effort to restore the river as…
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Dolphins Spotted Swimming in the Bronx River This Week | CBS New York
At least two dolphins were seen swimming in the Bronx River near Starlight Park this week.
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Do Not Swim: Contaminated Beaches a Sign of What’s to Come With Global Warming | Newshub
As the wild weather eases across the country “unsuitable for swimming” signs are also going out at many popular beaches, and as Demelza Leslie reports it is a sign of what’s to come with global warming.
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Canterbury Beach Deemed Too Dirty to Swim in Is Currently Safe, Says Local | Stuff
A swim coach says a popular Canterbury beach deemed unsuitable for swimming because of dirty water is in fact safe – and he has a lab result to prove it. Popular swimming spots Corsair Bay, Rāpaki Bay, Sandy Bay, Diamond Harbour Beach, Purau Beach and Cass Bay in Lyttelton Harbour were last week deemed unsuitable for…
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Durban Beaches | eThekwini Mayor Declines Da Challenge to Swim | eNCA
The eThekwini municipality has been under pressure to complete repairs to damaged infrastructure, after the April floods. Sewage spills ending up in the ocean forced the closure of beaches, with high levels of E.Coli also detected.But with the festive season fast approaching, the municipality was in the race against time to reopen. Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda…