Category: Environment
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Some Long Island Beaches Reopen to Swimmers, Knee or Waist Deep | Eyewitness News ABC7NY
With Hurricane Franklin churning in the Atlantic Ocean, beaches on Long Island and along the Jersey Shore have experienced rough high tides.
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No Swim Advisory Issued at Clearwater-Area Beaches Due to Fecal Bacteria | 10 Tampa Bay
Test results that came back Friday afternoon showed high bacteria levels at Clearwater Beach, Mandalay Park and Sand Key, according to the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County. A public health advisory has been issued at those locations. These results at Gulf Coast beaches were anticipated after Hurricane Idalia moved through the region earlier…
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Person Gets Sick, Dies After Swimming in Lake LBJ | KXAN
A Travis County resident got sick and died after developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson earlier this month.
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Meet PixieDrone, the State-Of-The-Art Aquatic Robot Keeping Tahoe Blue | ABC10
Meet PixieDrone, the latest innovation being deployed by the League to Save Lake Tahoe in cooperation with ECO-CLEAN Solutions. The PixieDrone is the aquatic cousin of Bebot, a beach-cleaning robot prowling the beaches of Lake Tahoe picking up trash and other debris. It’s the first of its kind to be used on the West Coast.…
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Activist Swims Bristol Channel Dressed as a Mermaid for Cleaner Rivers | New Scientist
Lindsey Cole is an environment activist and children’s author who recently swam the UK’s Bristol channel, from Penarth in Wales to Clevedon in England, dressed as a mermaid accompanied by a giant, inflatable poo. Her feat was part of a campaign against the pollution of British waterways. “The health of the rivers in Britain has…
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Health Officials Lift No Swim Advisory Placed at Venice Beach | 10 Tampa Bay
A no-swim advisory that was placed at a beach in Sarasota County on Thursday has been lifted, health officials say. Residents and visitors can now return to swimming or participate in other water sports at Venice Beach, the Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County said in a news release Saturday afternoon. The advisory was…
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Paris Olympics Swimming Test Event Cancelled Over Water Quality Fears | Euronews
This weekend’s cancellations pose a new challenge to the Paris Olympics organizers and the city’s ambitions to reopen the iconic river to public swimming after the Games.
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‘What a Special Place to Be In’: Triathletes Swim in the Seine Ahead of Paris Olympics | France 24
The world’s top female triathletes rushed forward into the Seine on Thursday as the famous river’s improved water quality allowed a race to take place in a key test event ahead of next year’s Paris Olympics. It comes after a previous test had to be canceled this month because of poor water quality. Paris Olympic…
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No Seine, No Gain: Triathletes Compete 1500m River Swim in Paris | Euronews
The countdown to the Olympics and Paralympics in 2024 has begun.