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The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) has been given a grant of $3 million to help fund research into cancer and ageing.
The funds will go towards the International Centre for Ocean and Human Health at BIOS.
The centre is researching sea urc...
DATE: Oct 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A corner of Trott’s Pond could soon be modified in order to create a refuge for a species of terrapin now nesting in sand traps on the Mid Ocean Golf Course.
The proposal, put forward by the golf club following consultation with the Bermuda Zoologica...
DATE: Oct 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The big players in the business world aren’t doing enough to help save the natural world, according to polar explorer Pen Hadow.
Mr Hadow used his 17 minutes on stage at TEDxBermuda to encourage big-money companies to “unblock the constipation” of en...
DATE: Oct 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Pembroke residents have united to salvage a stretch of Pembroke Canal on behalf of an elderly animal-lover.
Pensioner Harry Outerbridge, 85, wants to see the ducks return to the waters that flow past his Pitts Bay Road home.
For 35 years, Mr Outerbri...
DATE: Oct 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Residents across the Island have been surprised by an unusual sighting in their gardens.
Hundreds of yellow-billed cuckoos are now here, driven from the US East Coast by rain and strong winds.
Audubon Society president Andrew Dobson said the organisa...
DATE: Oct 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Sustainable development is good for business as well as the environment, according to OBM International Director of Sustainability Denaye Hinds.
Speaking to the Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday, Ms Hinds said moving forward with sustainability in mind ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Historic Hamilton home and former brothel “Queen of the East” on Crow Lane has been put up for sale.
According to a commercial listing by Coldwell Banker, the building is priced at $1,795,000, and has potential for either residential or commercial us...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A project to transform the Casemate Barracks building into an exhibition space is progressing slowly due to the recession, according to the executive director of the National Museum of Bermuda.
Edward Harris said: “We are not moving ahead quickly but...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Two minor earthquakes were recorded near Bermuda on Monday evening but no one on the Island reported feeling the tremors.
Both were 4.5 magnitude quakes and happened within 20 minutes of one another, according to the United States Geological Survey ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
School children on the Island could soon benefit from the launch of six environmental documentary DVDs filmed in Bermuda.
The documentaries, four of which have previously featured in an abridged mini-series on Discovery Channel Canada, were created b...
DATE: Oct 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
