Volusia County saw a drop in drownings from 2023 to 2024, according to Volusia County Beach Safety data. The county’s Beach Safety Division includes Volusia County’s lifeguard corps, and the division records data on drownings, rescues and other beach-related data. The division reported 13 drownings in 2023, which was the highest annual total since at […]
Russian officials warned of severe environmental damage Wednesday as thousands of people came out to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, near Moscow-occupied Crimea. More than 10,000 people, largely volunteers, raced to rescue wildlife and remove tons of sand […]
Take a stroll down any major beach and it likely won’t be long before you stumble upon some abandoned refuse. Old water bottles, trash bags, straws, and countless other variations of plastic scrap litter the world’s beaches, eventually making their way into the ocean where they degrade over the course of decades or even centuries. […]
AFP The clean-up on Coogee Beach on Thursday Beaches in the Australian city of Sydney have reopened for swimmers after being closed earlier this week when thousands of mysterious black tar-like balls washed ashore, prompting health concerns. Officials say tests found the balls to be formed from chemicals similar to those in cosmetics and cleaning […]
