Category: Environment
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Hawaii Is Swimming in Plastic. Meet the People Sifting Through It | Mashable
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Lebanese Activists Lead Beach Clean-up and Swim | Reuters
A group of activists gathered on Beirut’s shore to collect trash off the beach as part of the ‘Sustainable Waste Intercity Marathon’ initiative that aims to keep Lebanon’s sea clean.
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Human Waste Found In Water Beneath San Clement Pier | CBS Los Angeles
Stacey Butler reports from San Clemente where city officials have a problem with human waste under the pier, where surfers and swimmers are in the water nearby.
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Swimming ‘Not Recommended’ at Several Tampa Bay Beaches Due to High Bacteria Levels | 10 Tampa Bay
The Florida Department of Health has issued a health advisory for several Tampa Bay beaches due to high bacteria levels in the water. The health department does not recommend swimming at Bahia, Ben T. Davis, Davis Islands, Cypress Point, E.G. Simmons, and Picnic Island beaches. Health leaders say water samples showed above normal levels of…
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Pounds and Pounds of Tar Balls Washing up at La Jolla Shores
Kayak Ocean Guide Josh Thomas finds several tarballs from natural leakage of undersea crude oil that migrate up through the ocean deaths washing up on local beaches
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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.