swimming and climate change
Environment,  EXTRA,  FEATURES,  Jan/Feb 2026

In hot water: swimming and climate change

Social scientist and academic, Abi Lafbery has a PhD in outdoor swimming and has been studying how humans connect to the natural environment. Through her research, she discovered that swimmers have an immersive knowledge about the water and environments they swim in.
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