Category: Environment
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Toxic Algae Bloom Considered in Death of California Family Found Along Sierra National Forest Hiking | KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
John Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, and their dog were all found dead on a hiking trail near Hite’s Cove in the Sierra National Forest in Mariposa County, California. Investigators from the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office and the California Department of Justice are considering whether toxic algae blooms or other hazards…
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Razer Helped Design a Trash Collecting Robot to Clean Up Plastic Pollution | CNET
Gaming giant Razer has partnered with a small company called Clearbot to help design an autonomous trash-collecting boat that can identify floating garbage in the water, catalog it and then collect it into a waste container. The collaboration is part of Razer’s Go Green with Razer initiative to help startups working on sustainability and green…
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Bacteria Put Some Shore Beaches off Limits Temporarily | NJ Spotlight News
Getting turned away from the beach is not what you want during a week like this. But that’s what happened to swimmers at several bay and ocean beaches along the Jersey Shore. The state Department of Environmental Protection banned swimming for a time at five beaches in Ocean and Monmouth counties after levels of fecal…
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Climate Change: Lewis Pugh on ‘Most Challenging’ Arctic Swim Yet, Ice Continues to Melt
Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh joins the Tech & Science Daily podcast to tell us about his next attempt to make the coldest swim on Earth this month, to highlight the speed of climate change. He will swim alongside a 10-kilometer glacier at a giant ice fjord north of the Arctic Circle in Greenland at the…
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Kerry Katona Blasts Adults Who Wee In The Sea In Heated Debate | Good Morning Britain
We’ve all been there – you’ve just carried your beach thing across the beach and found your spot only to realize that you need a wee and there isn’t a toilet in sight. So is it okay to jump in the water full of swimmers and kids splashing around to go for a wee? It’s…
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Lewis Pugh to Attempt ‘Coldest Swim on Earth’ to Highlight Climate Change | Sky News
Oceans campaigner and champion swimmer Lewis Pugh will attempt “the coldest swim on Earth” to highlight the damaging effects of climate change.
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Toxic Algae Bloom Shuts Down Swimming At Cochituate State Park | CBS Boston
The park itself is open, but no swimming is allowed.