Category: Environment
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Swimming 40km for Clean Water in Iraqi Kurdistan
In September, in the midst of major political campaigning in Iraqi Kurdistan for an independence referendum, Waterkeepers Iraq was quietly conducting a swimming expedition to promote clean water. With seven water advocates and a small staff from a local television station on board, three swimmers completed the first ever attempt to swim the entire distance…
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11 Dangerous Lakes You Shouldn’t Swim In
Lakes usually instill a feeling of calm and serenity with their clear water and light breezes. When you imagine a lake, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a calm pool of water where you can swim, sail, or just sit and enjoy the beauty. But are all lakes safe? Well, we don’t…
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Teen pulls more than 50,000 golf balls from ocean near golf courses
Two years ago, a central California teen began what NPR calls a “Sisyphean taskâ€â€”hauling hundreds of pounds of golf balls off the ocean floor, only to have them reenter the sea as golfers from five nearby golf courses (including Pebble Beach) hit them right back in. Alex Weber was just 16 when she first discovered the shocking…
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not What You Think It Is | The Swim
It’s not an island twice the size of Texas. But it is severely impacting marine life and human health… and incredibly hard to study.
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PCBs threaten to wipe out half the world’s killer whales within decades, study finds
While the use of polychlorinated biphenyls, more commonly known as PCBs, has been banned for more than a decade, the chemical pollutants continue to threaten animals at the top of the food chain. A new study published in the journal Science predicts that current concentrations of PCBs can lead to the disappearance of about half the…
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This is how much plastic enters the ocean every 60 seconds
“Every 60 seconds the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters the ocean. Together we can change that: Sign @GreenpeaceInternational ‘s petition: https://act.gp/TruckloadOfPlastic Learn more about the project: www.truckloadofplastic.com
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The Long Swim
Lewis Pugh took on a huge challenge by swimming the length of the Channel – around 330 miles (530km) – from Cornwall to Dover. The swim, which he completed within 50 days, is part of the worldwide Action for Oceans campaign, which calls on governments to fully protect at least 30% of the world’s oceans…
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Boat’s fuel spill endangers swimmers in Dania Beach
Sinking “Wooden Nickel” boat spills 10 to 20 gallons of fuel to inter-coastal waterway in Dania Beach.
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Why swimming is banned from the Woodward Reservoir until April after Labor Day
Labor Day is the final day for swimming and most water activities at the Woodward Reservoir in Oakdale.