Category: Environment
Astronaut Posts 2nd Bermuda Photo From Space
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has tweeted another photo of Bermuda from space, saying “Bermuda is beautiful, both above and below the sea.” Last month the Commander — who is due to return to earth soon after a five month stay at the International Space Station — tweeted his first photo of Bermuda, which included a ‘shout... Read more of this article
Video: Weldon Wade’s Anti-Lionfish Campaign
Bermuda Ocean Explorers [BOE] president Weldon Wade is spearheading an ongoing effort at the West End of the island to keep down the numbers of invasive lionfish which pose a threat to the island’s marine ecosystem. Along with such organisations as BIOS, the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo and the Ocean Support Foundation, photographer/diver/conservationist... Read more of this article
Tim Madeiros Speaks At Miami REFF Conference
Tim Madeiros, CEO of Alternative Energy Systems [Bermuda] Ltd. [AES], was an invited speaker at last week’s 3rd Annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum [REFF] Latin American & Caribbean Conference hosted by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy [ACORE]. Mr. Madeiros joined speakers from Latin America, the Caribbean,... Read more of this article
Aquarium Saves Poisoned Juvenile Turtle
This juvenile Hawksbill turtle was brought to the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo [BAMZ] recently in an unresponsive state after it ingested coral polyps which contain polytoxin and can cause poisoning if consumed in high doses. The turtle had ingested so much that it had a heart rate of only six beats per minute.“After some rest and relaxation... Read more of this article
National Trust Talk On Bermuda Quarrying
A Bermuda historian once summed up the island’s quarrying tradition as well as anyone when he said “it is a great advantage when you can dig your house out of your own backyard.” And last Sunday [Apr. 27] the Bermuda National Trust hosted an open air “Trust Talk” at the new Vesey Nature Reserve in Southampton on the subject... Read more of this article
New York Explorers Club Cahow Film Screening
New York’s famed Explorers Club is hosting a screening on Tuesday [May 7] of author/filmmaker Deidre Brennan’s “Bermuda’s Treasure Island”, describing the documentary about the quest to save the critically endangered Cahow as “one of the great conservation success stories of our time.” Ms Brennan — who... Read more of this article
Bermuda Blue Halo Children’s Writing Contest
The Bermuda Blue Halo is holding a writing contest which will will run until May 10th and is open to all students between 7 and 16 years of age. Students can write either an essay or poem, but the length of entries must not be longer than 1000 words.Submissions can either be sent to info.bermudabluehalo@gmail.com or dropped off at Marine Locker. Prizes... Read more of this article
Report On Extinct Bermuda Woodpeckers
The story of a long-extinct Bermuda woodpecker which may have survived until the colonial era is highlighted in the current issue of a major US scientific journal. The March, 2013 edition of “Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington” includes an account of the Bermuda Flicker — or Colaptes oceanicus — by the Smithsonian... Read more of this article
Video: Cahow Cam Project Soars In First Week
The “Cahow Cam Project” has soared since being officially launched on Earth Day [Apr. 22], attracting hundreds of viewers to its video posts on Bermuda’s critically endangered national bird. A joint initiative between Ascendant Group Limited, the Ministry of Environment & Planning, LookBermuda/LookFilms and North Rock Communications... Read more of this article
Clyde Roper’s Quest For The Giant Squid
One of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute’s most eminent international advisors, Dr. Clyde Roper has been called the Ahab of the squid world. Like the whale-obsessed captain of the “Pequod” in Herman Melville’s 1851 novel “Moby-Dick”, Dr. Roper’s pursuit of another legendary leviathan has taken him... Read more of this article
