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This is the latest in a series to mark World Oceans Day which looks at how plastics and other pollutants are affecting the marine environment. Here, Bermuda Marine Debris Taskforce member Jennifer Gray explains how plastic octopus traps threaten ...

This is part of a series marking World Oceans Day highlighting the growing problem of pollution on the marine environment Perhaps you thought this was going to be an ode to the ocean, dotted with analogies and hyperboles — a poetic description ...

To mark World Oceans Day, Kyla Smith of the Bermuda Marine Debris Taskforce explains how single-use plastics are putting the oceans and the planet at risk. This is the first in a series of articles on the marine environment and pollution Imagin...

Water quality tests on tanks near Belco found trace levels of pollution – but at levels well within international standards for drinking water. Geoff Smith, an environmental engineer with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and Shaun...

A survey on the public’s use of Bermuda’s marine areas will close next Monday. The Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme survey was set up to identify the top conservation, fishing and recreation areas as part of a bid to develop a marine management pla...

Samples of seawater at some of Bermuda’s most popular beaches showed lower levels of bacteria this year than in the same period in 2019, it was revealed yesterday. The Ministry of Health said it was “encouraged” by the results of its seawater monitor...

A plan to install new sewage and water mains to link St George’s and St David’s as part of a waste disposal improvement scheme has been submitted to the Department of Planning. Documents delivered to planners this month by the Bermuda Land Developmen...

Shoes from an international shipping spill 15 months ago appear to have made their way to Bermuda. Hundreds of unworn Nike shoes have washed ashore in numerous locations separated by thousands of miles after at least 70 containers spilt from the 1,00...

A water-quality testing programme has started at the island’s most popular beaches. Environmental health officers started the annual check programme last month. A Department of Health spokeswoman said: “Testing started on April 1 and monthly updates ...

Somersfield Academy pupils have raised funds to pay for a high-tech gadget designed to suck up garbage from the sea and help fund an education programme at an environmental charity. Thibaut Stefani, 13, Kieran Kimberley and Liam Greenlaw, both 14, us...

The organiser of the Shelly Bay Raft Up at the weekend has said he will look at better trash disposal and a clean-up team for water-based parties for future events. Jason Sukdeo, who organised several events over the National Heroes Weekend, was spe...

A water safety organisation board has not met for almost a year, an insider said yesterday. A source said the Bermuda Water Safety Council was in limbo as a result. The source, who asked not to be named, added: “The fact is that there is no presenc...