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A naturalist has warned against the use of rat poisons that could kill off the barn owls that prey on them.
David Wingate said that anticoagulant poisons that caused internal bleeding in rats had also killed owls that ate them.
He added that the use ...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A campaign group said yesterday it will consider further action against a decision by the Regulatory Authority to lift a moratorium on 5G wireless technology.
A spokesman for Bermuda Advocates for Safe Technology said the group’s concerns about the p...
DATE: May 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A collage designed to highlight the amount of plastic pollution has gone on public display.
Plastic Tidal Wave was created with more than 2,000 plastic bottle tops collected by members of the public to mark World Water Day in March.
The artwork ...
DATE: May 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
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
Some scientists journey to to the opposite side of the world to discover new forms of life – but a researcher in Bermuda found possible unknown species in his lab’s plumbing.
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial, an ecologist at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sci...
DATE: May 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Join The Royal Gazette’s media partner The Washington Post at 12.30pm today for a discussion on renewable energy with Gina McCarthy, the White House national climate advisor.
With climate change posing an existential threat to Bermuda and other count...
DATE: May 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
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 battery of scientific instruments in a special pod which was lost at sea for two years has been turned over to their owners after it washed up in Bermuda.
The 800lb pod, designed to measure ocean conditions, drifted hundreds of miles from just off ...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new generation of coconut palm trees have been planted around the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
The Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) planted the 12 young plants over the weekend along BAMZ’s parking area in Flatts Village to add to the line of ...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
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