OCEAN 62

This issue’s close to home article take a look at NetYourProblem.com a Cape Cod local started, for profit company that reuses and resells plastic from used fishing gear.

OCEAN 62 contains two, very unusual, in my opinion, articles. New England Coastal Fishermen have been plagued by invasive Green Crabs. Now, in an extraordinary development, a Fisherman is using them to create a unique Whiskey! In our "Close to Home" section, a local woman has been part of a for profit business recycling used fishing gear that might normally be abandoned. She is working on an expanding, National scale. OCEAN environmental e-newsletter is the educational publication of Safe Harbor, an interdisciplinary environmental consulting group on Cape Cod. OCEAN and our research team is funded by me, so you will never find advertising or solicitations. This is your newsletter, exploring innovative solutions and unusual problems. OCEAN is intended to be shared. Thank you for your support.

-Gordon Peabody

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OCEAN 62 Articles

Florida Sargassum

Artificial Turf: Friend of Foe

The Fruitful Desert

Bother to Bottle

Harnessing Waves

Flesh Eating Bacteria

Gulf of Maine Records Second Hottest Year

Acrylic, Nylon, and Seaweed Plastic…? Oh My!

Close to Home: NetMyProblem.com

OCEAN 59

In Mechanical Trees, researcher Lindsey Stanton describes how man made trees can help reduce carbon in the atmosphere.

Welcome to OCEAN 59. This is the environmental education publication of Safe Harbor Environmental Consulting, a small, interdisciplinary environmental collaborative, located on Duck Creek Marsh, in Wellfleet on Cape Cod. You will find no advertising or solicitations in your newsletter, because it is yours to read, discus and share with friends, as Public Domain. Tess Holland’s article on icebergs having left behind tracks in the Florida Keys was pretty surprising but then, I had to read Lindsey Stanton’s article on Mechanical Trees twice. In this edition we are beginning a new series “CLOSE TO HOME," about some of the strategies and systems we use when working in or near protected wetland areas. These are also Public Domain. Thank you for supporting and sharing OCEAN.

Regards, Gordon Peabody OCEAN Editor

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OCEAN 59 Articles 

Iceberg Tracks in Florida Keys                     Small Island Town, Big Challenge 

How Much is too Much?                              Mechanical Trees?

When the Road Drives the Car                     Ethiopian Banana Tackles Climate Change 

Close to Home: Saving Trees                        Close to Home: Re-using Trees

Editor’s Final Words 

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OCEAN 49

Innovative vehicle that emits only water

Editor’s Comments:

This issue is dedicated to young people our researchers have discovered around the world, who are stepping up to try and make a difference. We can ask nothing more from them, or of ourselves. Safe Harbor's experiment with Whale disentanglement research is included, as well as some women surfer film makers who discovered some inspirational children trying to make a difference in "paradise".

~Gordon Peabody, Editor

Ocean 49 Articles

Vehicle emitting only H2O

Sargassum in the Caribbean

Blue Crabs in Florida

Indonesian students tackle microplastics

Low-tech ropeless fishing gear

Clean water from sunlight

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