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Environmentalists are urging the community to take to the streets on Friday to join the global strike on climate change.
The student-led Fridays for Future Bermuda, a spin-off from the global pressure group, will stage a rally in Hamilton focused on ...
DATE: Sep 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Balls of grease and human waste have washed up on at least two beaches along South Shore.
“Sewage balls”, also known as “grease balls”, were spotted along Elbow Beach and Grape Bay Beach, both in Paget, early this week.
It is the first time since Apr...
DATE: Sep 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The number of recreational lobster diving licences has been cut by 75 to 375 for the new season in a bid to conserve the crustaceans.
The move by the home affairs ministry came after statistics for the 2018-19 season showed a 2 per cent decrease in t...
DATE: Aug 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A trip in search of dolphins instead led a conservationist and film-maker into the “bizarre and beautiful phenomenon” of coral spawning.
Andrew Stevenson, a whale researcher, said he found sea covered in floating pink streaks from the annual event wh...
DATE: Aug 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A diving club took the plunge last weekend as part of a massive marine cleanup effort.
A total of 15 divers from the Bermuda Sub Aqua Club, about a quarter of its membership, combed Harrington Sound to collect trash.
A spokeswoman for the club said: ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A US film and television star has visited Bermuda in a bid to highlight plastic pollution of the seas.
An Instagram post on the trip has notched up more than a million views on Instagram, and attracted comments from other celebrities, including star ...
DATE: Aug 28, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian company is on the hunt for businesses to sponsor the battle against invasive lionfish.
Atlantic Lionshare spent five years developing a remote-controlled mini-submarine to hunt lionfish in deep water, which is now being tested in Florida....
DATE: Aug 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Researchers have carried out a genetic study of Bermuda’s baitfish to help develop a management programme for the several species in island waters.
Baitfish, also known as fry, often school in coastal waters and different species group together in “b...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A renewable energy company has predicted it will exceed expectations with a new solar farm on a disused airport runway.
Saturn Solar Bermuda 1 explained its objectives in a string of documents submitted as part of a licence application posted on the ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An area of the Sargasso Sea is more polluted with microplastic than a notorious high pollution part of the Pacific, researchers said yesterday.
The shock news came as environmental group Greenpeace revealed the results of a two- week survey of the Sa...
DATE: Aug 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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