Tragedy on Grand Isle during the busy Memorial Day weekend as a teenager died, another was injured, along with a woman in a swimming accident.
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CounterMEASURE Project looks for origins of plastic pollution in the Mekong and Ganges rivers
Plastic pollution is a major problem all across Asia. UNEP and partners have been working through the CounterMEASURE project to determine the sources of plastic pollution in the Mekong and Ganges rivers using a novel combination of technologies, including drones, GIS and machine learning. With this information, we are able to recommend measures that can be taken to beat plastic pollution.
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Children living with autism are exposed to the unique experience of surfing | Inspired by Sport
Surfing star Parker Coffin visits Surfers Healing’s annual event in New Jersey and is blown away by how his sport can transform lives.
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NYC beaches open for holiday weekend, no swimming allowed
Marcus Solis reports on the major restrictions in place to encourage social distancing at New York City beaches.
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Several cases of coronavirus reported after a swim party in Arkansas, governor says
Arkansas, which allowed restaurants and gyms to reopen earlier this month, is seeing a second peak in new cases, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Saturday.
Several of the cases, the governor said, came from a swimming party attended by high schoolers.
“A high school swim party that I’m sure everybody thought was harmless,†Hutchinson said in a news conference. “They’re young, they’re swimming, they’re just having activity and positive cases resulted from that.â€
The second summit has arrived about a month after the state’s count of new COVID-19 cases topped out around 300 on April 20. The highest single-day total is now 455, recorded on Thursday.
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No pool? No problem. Now you can rent one
There’s nothing like diving into a cool swimming pool on a scorching hot summer day. Unfortunately, most of us don’t have our own pools and worse, the pandemic has kiboshed most public pools.Enter Swimply, the brainchild of 23-year-old entrepreneur Bunim Laskin, a website and app that matches swimmers with available swimming pools. Laskin conducted a pilot version in the summer of 2018 and pitched his idea for an “Airbnb for pools” on an episode of the television show “Shark Tank” that aired earlier this year. He didn’t get that funding, but regardless, his nascent pool-sharing enterprise is off to a swimmingly good start.“Owning a pool can be expensive, enjoying one doesn’t have to be,” said Laskin, Founder and CEO of Swimply, in a press release. “We are seeking to democratize the pool experience so that everyone can enjoy an instant escape from reality, even if it’s just to another backyard down the street.”Read CNN Travel
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Swimmer Simone Manuel on Refocusing Goals After Olympics Postponement: ‘The Work Doesn’t Stop’
Manuel, who has been social distancing and training in California amid the pandemic, continues on to explain how the Olympics postponement has pushed her.
“It switched my training mindset to really spend time focusing on technical aspects of my swimming that I know needed improvement … and now I have extra time to improve on some of my weaknesses. But I think just beyond that, it allows me a chance to set higher goals for myself,” the swimmer explains. “I have an extra year—why not kind of push the limit and see if I can get to these lofty goals that I have for myself?”
The star athlete says she’s kept up with her training “in a local backyard pool” with USA teammate Katie Ledecky and their coach.
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How Swim Practice Will Change After the Pandemic
Swim practice is going to look very different once pools reopen. 🏊