Tag: beaches
Rottnest Island in Western Australia: quokkas, pine trees and 63 beaches
It was a biological misunderstanding that gave the island its name: the Dutch sailors at the end of the 17th century called their discovery the “Rotte nest”. Because the local…
Cigarettes banned on all public beaches from 2024
Smoking on the pebbles is over. The town hall of Nice, which was the first to ban cigarettes on part of its coastline in 2012, announced this Monday that “100%…
Reappearing on beaches, plastic beads are “eternal pollution”
They made a lot of noise in January. Large collection operations had even been organized to try to make them disappear. Ten months later, the presence of plastic beads, also…
Travel news: Increasing demand: Mallorca wants to extend the bathing season on some beaches
Mallorca is one of the most popular travel destinations for Germans. Because more and more holidaymakers are traveling to the Spanish island in the low season, some places are now…
A dark summer on the beaches with thirteen drownings
EDIT: A 61-year-old woman who went swimming at Kelveltrec beach in Fouesnant drowned on Wednesday, bringing the number of deaths to thirteen. A place of pleasure and relaxation, the sea…
Plastic waste: How oceans and beaches become garbage dumps
environmental Protection Plastic waste: How oceans and beaches become garbage dumps Plastic waste on the North Sea island of Spiekeroog. Some of the waste also drifts into uninhabited areas. ©…
Are pigs responsible for the recurring pollution of these beaches?
It is a beautiful place that has already suffered a lot. A stretch of coastline punctuated by coves of fine sand devastated by the oil spill in 1978. In Landunvez…
Attention, new alert to baïnes Saturday on the beaches, swimmers called for caution
Be careful, if you plan to swim on Saturday on the Gironde beaches, the prefecture has classified the coast of the department “at risk for the currents of baïnes”, calling…
Greeks protest for free beaches
Greece Fight private beach companies: Greeks protest for freely accessible beaches A beach on the Greek island of Paros © pkazmierczak / Getty Images The “towel movement” is targeting entrepreneurs…
Citizens protest against the privatization of beaches
The Greeks demand access to their beaches. Often hampered by the proliferation of sun loungers and umbrellas, many have become private. Citizens have mobilized to demand “free access” to the…