259 results returned for search: "" category "Environment" author Sarah Lagan
Sea-level rise and more frequent and intense weather events pose the greatest climate change threat to Bermuda and the other British Overseas Territories, according to a new report.
The UK Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership released the repor...
DATE: Aug 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Planning renovations at the historic home of Verdmont will benefit from enhancements thanks to a $10,000 donation from The Garden Club of Bermuda.
The donation was made to the Bermuda National Trust museum and gardens as part of the Garden Club’s 10...
DATE: Jul 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An environmental drive to create a coastal red mangrove forest on Trunk Island has been boosted by a $125,000 donation from Aspen Bermuda.
Aspen will give $25,000 a year over five years to support the Bermuda Zoological Society project on the Harrin...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The first longtail of the year to hatch out of hundreds of nests monitored around the Castle Harbour area in St George’s took to the skies for the first time on July 4.
Live-streamed footage was taken of “Sunny”, a White-tailed Tropicbird chick, from...
DATE: Jul 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Low oxygen levels in Spittal Pond may have caused a number of fish to die at the site in recent weeks.
A spokesman for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said dead juvenile snappers were collected from the shoreline at the eastern e...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The “Living Classroom” on Trunk Island has benefited from a $10,000 donation by the Garden Club of Bermuda.
The Bermuda Zoological Society runs the living classroom project on the Hamilton Parish island with the aim of educating tomorrow’s environme...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
There is no evidence to support rumours circulating about a potentially dangerous bacteria in the water at Clearwater Beach, the Ministry of Health has said.
A spokeswoman for the ministry said: “There is no evidence this information is accurate. The...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The first named storm of the year could form to the east-northeast of Bermuda over the weekend - more than a week before the official start of the season on June 1, the National Hurricane Centre reported today.
The centre said this morning that ther...
DATE: May 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Belco has long-term plans to become a 100 per cent renewable energy company, an online forum heard yesterday.
Krista Barnes, director of communications and sustainability at Belco, said that a “sustainability team” had been formed and was in the ini...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A flotilla of abandoned boats was yesterday removed from the water.
The Ministry of Transport said the vessels posed a marine obstruction risk and a danger to navigation and the environment.
The seven boats were lifted out of Coot Pond, St George’s....
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan