Courtesy of World’s Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality, Planet Earth. Imagine if there were a world water quality index that provides real-time measures of water pollution and plastics – just like the World Air Quality Index? Individuals can purchase and set up their own easy-to-use GAIA Air Quality Monitoring Stations – for as low as […]

Courtesy of April Wong, A Love Creative, Los Angeles, California. In addition to the marathon swimmers, channel swimmers, ice swimmers, Olympians, stage swimmers, marine environmentalists, coaches, observers, kayakers, event directors, destination swimming operators, and administrators who attended the 2018 Open Water Summit at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California last week, there were also

Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg of Madswimmer, Antarctica. Yesterday, a team of ice swimmers including Leszek Naziemiec of Poland, Andrey Agarkov (Андрей Агарков) of Russia, Sergio Salomone of Argentina, Paolo Chiarino of Italy, Clinton Le Sueur of South Africa, Alexander Brylin of Russia, Samantha Whelpton of South Africa, Diego López Dominguez of Spain, Victoria Mori of

Courtesy of CBDA/Divulgação, Base Naval de Aratu, Brazil. Victor Colonese and Betina Lorscheitter won their respective races and solidified their top national ranking at the XXIII Campeonato Brasileiro 10 km race held yesterday in Base Naval de Aratu, Inema. Colonese won the 10 km Campeã Brasileira de Maratonas Aquáticas in 1 hour 58 minutes 38

Courtesy of WOWSA, Acapulco de Juárez Bay, Mexico. Acapulco Bay is a major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 kilometers southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is part of the Mexican Riviera along with Ensenada, Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán, Manzanillo, and Puerto Vallarta where the tradition of open

Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On November 15th, the Relay Friends of the Sea completed the Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in 9 hours 29 minutes finishing on the sands of Pontal Beach. The neoprene relay included Túlio Ricardo dos Santos Silva, Marlus Porciúncula Ribeiro, Joana

Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg of Madswimmer, Antarctica. 14 swimmers from South Africa, Poland, Russia, Australia, Argentina, Italy, China, Bulgaria and Spain will participate in the first 1 km Ice Swim in Antarctica, led by International Ice Swimming Association‘s founder Ram Barkai. The journey departed today, but the Ice Swim will be held between November 17th

Courtesy of April Wong, A Love Creative at The Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer and statesman, wrote two centuries ago, “To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.” While this quote can apply