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 57

Researcher Eliza Fitzgerald to looks into the ocean heating up in “Tropical Fish Found in Massachusetts Area”

This environmental education e-newsletter is written, with no advertisements or solicitation. In this issue I recommend the 3 video links you will discover, documenting a degree of inspiration we can all use. When it comes to drinking water, Cape Cod is spoiled, with some of the cleanest, sand filtered rainwater in New England. That being said, Researcher Lindsey Stanton discovered the unpleasant truth about the footprints of a “Miracle” firefighting chemical we use. New England sea water spends the entire year, within a very narrow temperature range. It takes a lot of energy to alter sea water temperature, so when news came in about “Our” ocean heating up, we asked Researcher Eliza Fitzgerald to look into it. Our articles are kept short, with references and links for more information. Thank you to our readers for their support in sharing OCEAN. 

Thanks, Gordon Peabody, OCEAN Editor.

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OCEAN 57 Articles

Keep Healthy, Stay Informed

Know What we are Drinking 

Quiet Fisherman on Cape Cod Save Baby Scallops 

Can we Bring Back the Herring? 

The Road to Recovery: The Northern Redbelly Dace 

Innovative Ecosystem Research on Light 

Are Our Feet Heading into the Fire? 

Small Stuff, Big Problem 

Atmospheric CO2 Entering Oceans 

Will Maine Shrimp Sink or Swim? 

New Technology for Drinking Salt Water 

Tropical Fish Found in Massachusetts Area 

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OCEAN 54

OCEAN is happy to share some good news: Purdue University researchers have invented a white paint with cooling properties.

Welcome to our 54th issue. OCEAN is your Environmental Newsletter, to be read and shared. Thank you to researcher Rae Taylor-Burns, for her article integrating complex, hemispheric energy systems to provide us with a simple explanation of why we had so many Hurricanes this season. We also have our continuing series of “Safe Suggestions During COVID”. One of the most upsetting articles we debated sharing: an aggressive, water borne amoeba that deteriorates brain tissue. Perhaps this can be balanced by some good news: Purdue University researchers have invented a white paint with cooling properties. Please enjoy this issue, we wrote it for you.

Regards, Gordon Peabody, Editor.

OCEAN 54 ARTICLES

Alternatives to Animal Products 

Getting Paid for Plastic 

Cool Paint Has Even Cooler Purpose 

Kelp Species Surprising Scientists 

Helpful Heat Powered Fans 

Safe Suggestions During COVID (Part 4) 

How Did We Lose 350 Elephants 

Another Broken Record 

Close to Home: Cape Cod 

Unwelcome Amoeba in Our Waters 

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OCEAN 52

Lindsey Stanton’s article “Cape Cod’s Atlantis” explores the history of the vanishing island of Billingsgate.

Editor’s Comments:

OCEAN 52 shares an extraordinary contrast, of how Cape Cod residents a hundred years ago experienced their island vanishing from beneath them and last month, a unique coalition of environmental groups, acted to save another island from development. We also began a new series on “Who We Are”, finding out who our Researchers are. My favorite article is about a humble group that found a way to make in-pavement driveway solar cells from used water bottles. This remarkable idea received our Environmental Innovation Award. OCEAN is the environmental education publication of Safe Harbor Environmental Services and is self- funded, with no advertising. We put this together for you, our readers, who are curious about local and large scale, environmental trends, anomalies and unusual events. This is a public domain publication and is yours to share. We begin with suggestions in our continuing series “Staying Safe”.

~Gordon Peabody, Editor

OCEAN 52 Articles

Turning Up The Heat

Heatwaves In The Arctic Circle

OCEAN 2020 Innovation Award

Unwelcome Company

Dispatch From Alaska

Staying Safe (Part II)

Cape Cod’s Atlantis

Cape Cod Island Saved From Development

Breathing African Dust

What’s Going On With Victoria Falls?

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