Category: Environment
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No Swim Advisory For Portion Of Miami Beach | CBS Miami
High levels of bacteria found in water samples from North Shore Ocean Terrace.
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French Trio Swim Across Lake Titicaca for Climate Change | Reuters
A trio of French swimmers began their quest to swim across Bolivia’s Lake Titicaca in complete autonomy, aiming to encourage people to stop polluting the lake
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Ice Swimmer Lewis Pugh’s Stark Climate Warning: Without Polar Ice, There Is No Life on Earth | Sky News
UN patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh has completed what’s been described as the ‘coldest swim on earth’ in Greenland to highlight the speed at which polar ice is melting.
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Hawaii Is Swimming in Plastic. Meet the People Sifting Through It | Mashable
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Lebanese Activists Lead Beach Clean-up and Swim | Reuters
A group of activists gathered on Beirut’s shore to collect trash off the beach as part of the ‘Sustainable Waste Intercity Marathon’ initiative that aims to keep Lebanon’s sea clean.
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Human Waste Found In Water Beneath San Clement Pier | CBS Los Angeles
Stacey Butler reports from San Clemente where city officials have a problem with human waste under the pier, where surfers and swimmers are in the water nearby.
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Swimming ‘Not Recommended’ at Several Tampa Bay Beaches Due to High Bacteria Levels | 10 Tampa Bay
The Florida Department of Health has issued a health advisory for several Tampa Bay beaches due to high bacteria levels in the water. The health department does not recommend swimming at Bahia, Ben T. Davis, Davis Islands, Cypress Point, E.G. Simmons, and Picnic Island beaches. Health leaders say water samples showed above normal levels of…
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Pounds and Pounds of Tar Balls Washing up at La Jolla Shores
Kayak Ocean Guide Josh Thomas finds several tarballs from natural leakage of undersea crude oil that migrate up through the ocean deaths washing up on local beaches