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A cat adoption event held by the Bermuda SPCA on Saturday has been hailed a great success, with 12 cats being given new homes.
However, there will always be cats available for adoption until the number of unwanted kittens on the Island is reduced, a...
DATE: Sep 23, 2015
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Environment
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The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has received two new grants to help support climate change research in and around the Island.
According to a BIOS spokeswoman, recent grants from the National Science Foundation will allow the restoration of th...
DATE: Sep 22, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
By Simon Jones
Hundreds of volunteers were out in force this morning taking part in an Island-wide coastal cleanup.
Close to 500 people descended on 38 locations across Bermuda clearing trash both on and off shore.
The event, which is part of the ann...
DATE: Sep 19, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Volunteer divers and snorkellers are being sought for a major reef mapping programme taking place at Elbow Beach tomorrow.
The event is part of a project to protect the Island’s reef system, run jointly by the Royal Bermuda Regiment and the Bermuda R...
DATE: Sep 12, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Work to replace a sewage plant at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute is under way and area residents are looking forward to breathing fresh air this autumn.
Neighbours of the Devonshire facility have complained for several years about a “terrible s...
DATE: Sep 09, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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An abandoned refrigerator has led to complaints at Cavello Bay, Somerset.
One resident, who asked not to be named, told The Royal Gazette: “The residents of Cavello Bay are very upset and concerned.
“Some exceedingly uncaring person has discarded an...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Bermuda was represented as conservation officers and scientific researchers from around the world teamed up for a conference in Gibraltar.
Best practice tips were exchanged and partnerships forged with the aim of securing wildlife and ecosystems in t...
DATE: Aug 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Even though three common tern eggs have now hatched on a buoy in St George’s Harbour, former conservation officer David Wingate is urging the public to stay clear of the nesting site.
Dr Wingate said the chicks “remain extremely vulnerable to distur...
DATE: Jul 28, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Coral expert Thad Murdoch has warned that Bermuda’s reef system would end up a flat, algae-covered rockscape if parrotfish were fished to any great lengths.
He was speaking after the Fisheries Department found more than 40 speared parrotfish, a prot...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Discarded glass and plastics bottles strewn along the coastline have become a death trap for one of the Island’s most endangered animals.
Earlier this summer, wildlife ecologist Mark Outerbridge and British student Helena Turner embarked on a pioneer...
DATE: Jul 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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