Category: Environment
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Lewis Pugh Starts ‘Coldest Swim on Earth’ for Climate Crisis | Evening Standard
Lewis Pugh begins his swim across the 10-kilometer mouth of the Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland to highlight the speed of the Climate Crisis ahead of the UN Climate Conference (Cop26) in Glasgow, where Pugh will address world leaders and demand urgent action. The Ilulissat Icefjord is fed by the world’s fastest-moving glacier – moving at…
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Swiss Swimmer Crosses the Rhine to Raise Awareness | wocomoDOCS
The Rhine originates high in the Swiss Alps, fed by glacial ice and perpetual snow. Countless small channels and streams tumble into the valley and join to form the river that will eventually become the most powerful watercourse in Europe. The most important source of the Anterior Rhine is the Tomasee in Graubuenden. Ernst Bromeis,…
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Endurance Swimmer Lewis Pugh Prepping for the Coldest Swim on Earth | BizNewsTv
Lewis Pugh is an endurance swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans. This month he will be swimming across the mouth of Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord, which is fed by the world’s fastest-moving glacier. It will be the first multi-day Polar Swim ever attempted. This is footage of him prepping for that icy swim.
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Toxic Algae Bloom Considered in Death of California Family Found Along Sierra National Forest Hiking | KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
John Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, and their dog were all found dead on a hiking trail near Hite’s Cove in the Sierra National Forest in Mariposa County, California. Investigators from the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office and the California Department of Justice are considering whether toxic algae blooms or other hazards…
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Razer Helped Design a Trash Collecting Robot to Clean Up Plastic Pollution | CNET
Gaming giant Razer has partnered with a small company called Clearbot to help design an autonomous trash-collecting boat that can identify floating garbage in the water, catalog it and then collect it into a waste container. The collaboration is part of Razer’s Go Green with Razer initiative to help startups working on sustainability and green…
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Bacteria Put Some Shore Beaches off Limits Temporarily | NJ Spotlight News
Getting turned away from the beach is not what you want during a week like this. But that’s what happened to swimmers at several bay and ocean beaches along the Jersey Shore. The state Department of Environmental Protection banned swimming for a time at five beaches in Ocean and Monmouth counties after levels of fecal…
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Climate Change: Lewis Pugh on ‘Most Challenging’ Arctic Swim Yet, Ice Continues to Melt
Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh joins the Tech & Science Daily podcast to tell us about his next attempt to make the coldest swim on Earth this month, to highlight the speed of climate change. He will swim alongside a 10-kilometer glacier at a giant ice fjord north of the Arctic Circle in Greenland at the…
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