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Three International experts have been signed up to strengthen conservation efforts in the Sargasso Sea. The trio – Mark Spalding, Stephen de Mora, and Ana Colaço – have been made members of Sargasso Sea Commission, established by the Hamilton Declara...

Last Sunday, nature balanced the storm of devastating news with a peaceful and serene day. The sea rested after weeks of wind. The strong currents that still lingered from the passing of Hurricane Larry were gone. The surface gently undulated in a s...

Public primary school pupils got to benefit from an intensive educational summer camp thanks to a collaboration between two organisations. The Bermuda Education Network, for the second year, teamed up with the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institut...

A public consultation process on single-use plastics in a bid to abolish the product by next year is to be launched, the Government announced today. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said that the Government had pledged in 2018 to rid the isla...

The seas around Bermuda have already started to suffer from damage caused by climate change, an island researcher has warned. Nick Bates, a senior scientist and director of research at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science, said Bermuda’s waters had...

Many acres of seagrass beds crucial for the survival of sea turtles and other marine life have “completely collapsed” over the last four years, according to a leading environmental group. The Bermuda Turtle Project says “immediate changes” are neede...

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...

The Bermuda Turtle Project is anxious to get back out onto the water this month to get a clearer picture of sea turtle abundance. Due to the restrictions brought upon us all by the pandemic, we have been unable to do any in-water research for nearly ...

An insurance group has pledged $50,000 to a charity focused on marine conservation and education. Aspen Insurance will offer payments over two years to help Waterstart with its experiential learning programmes and restoration projects. JP Skinner, th...

Pupils with a passion for robotics took on the opportunity of a lifetime and helped a team of scientists deploy an underwater drone. Twenty youngsters with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences travelled to a wreck off St David’s and to reefs at No...

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...

Rescue, resuscitation and patrolling are some of the hard skills being learnt by Bermuda’s latest cadre of lifeguards in training. There are seven new recruits undertaking the intensive course under the Department of Parks’ Lifeguard Service for the...