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A string of potential tropical storms across the Atlantic includes a new tropical depression just off the Island’s northwest.
The nearby Tropical Depression Six, which was last night said to have a 60 percent chance of turning into a tropical storm o...
DATE: Aug 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
This week has proved the old adage of when it rains, it pours.
Following several months of dry weather, the Island experienced heavy rainfall brought on by Tropical Storm Bret.
According to the Bermuda Weather Service, 1.75in of rain were recorded at...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Efforts to protect the Sargasso Sea are closer to fruition, according to Environment Minister Walter Roban.
He said that members of the Sargasso Sea Alliance (SSA) met at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences last week, to discuss how to go about p...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The proposed Park Hyatt resort is intended to create a community “reminiscent of the Town of St George’s”, according to developers.
The nearly 40 buildings that make up the resort are designed to fit in with the existing East End community, a Departm...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermuda Marine Debris Taskforce has been set up to fight back against growing plastic pollution in the ocean.
According to Anne Hyde, the executive director of environmental charity Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB), more and more plastic debris is was...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A man was fined $10,000 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday after he was caught harvesting a protected species of sea snail.
Carlos Moniz, 64, pleaded guilty to one count of collecting 544 West Indian top shells, a species of sea snail in the Devonshire ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Crops are drying out and water truckers are struggling to meet demand as the Islands streak of dry weather continues.
According to the Bermuda Weather Service, the Island has so far recorded only 13.56in of rain as of Sunday, well below the usual yea...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Some exhibits at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) will be temporarily closed as work on the Madagascar Exhibit continues.
A large crane will be in the facility for around two weeks to install steel roofing materials for the new exhibit, a s...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government needs to consider all options to meet water demand during drought conditions, according to Shadow Public Works Minister Mark Pettingill.
He said that droughts like the one currently facing the Island are not uncommon, and that Government n...
DATE: Jun 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
One of the world’s top whale photographers is coming to Bermuda to give a lecture and host two workshops.
National Geographic contributor Flip Nicklin will deliver his one-hour presentation “Among Giants: A Life with Whales” at BUEI at 7pm next Monda...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
