OCEAN 49

Innovative vehicle that emits only water

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

OCEAN 48

In California, the Sierra Nevada range saw a 200% increase in snowpack this year

In California, the Sierra Nevada range saw a 200% increase in snowpack this year

Editor’s Comments:

This 48th issue recognizes a young person who is making a difference and some innovative ideas we believe deserve support. We also want to share dispatches from our recently relocated Associate Editor and a previous Intern who has been spending time underwater in the Bahamas, with sharks.

~Gordon Peabody, Editor

Ocean 48 Articles

“Trash Girl” United Kingdom

Red tides in Norway

Rising temperatures, melting icebergs

Clean water from thin air

Puffin die-off in Alaska

Sierra snowpack increases by 200%

Marine debris surface skim

Algae curtains

Sink & toilet combination

OCEAN 47

Jenifer Wilcox, the author of a new book on capturing carbon from the atmosphere. She also has a 14-min TED talk about the topic.

Jenifer Wilcox, the author of a new book on capturing carbon from the atmosphere. She also has a 14-min TED talk about the topic.

Editor’s Comments:

This 47th issue offers some of our research on close to home and far away issues, including insights into unexpected mysteries and some unique innovations. We have also included a section on “CHASING ZERO”, tracking sometimes mysterious changes in Carbon news. We are also grateful for recent dispatches: from Dr. Robert Mayer Arzuaga, from the University of Puerto Rico, who is restoring Hurricane ravaged beaches in Puerto Rico and had some great news about the Biomimicry sand restoration system they were using, which was developed on Cape Cod; and from Keegan Burke, previous Safe Harbor Intern, who is now waking up at 3:30 AM and carrying Bear Spray, in Legendary Yellowstone National Park.

~Gordon Peabody, Editor

Ocean 47 Articles

Carbon Sequestration

Trash wheel in Baltimore

Human plastic consumption through filter feeders

EU bans single-use plastics

Warming water off Maine

“Avocado plastic” innovation

Hydrogen powered trains

Seabird and dolphin deaths in Peru

Disappearing baby penguins

Hurricanes relocating

OCEAN 46

Magellanic penguins are becoming stuck in their southern feeding grounds, and losing a disproportionate number of females because of it.

Magellanic penguins are becoming stuck in their southern feeding grounds, and losing a disproportionate number of females because of it.

Editor’s Comments:

Though it seems we may not need any more climate records to be broken in the near future, they are appearing nonetheless. Our readers are entitled to the truth about events happening on this tiny planet, yet we still debated sharing the Australia Weather article by OCEAN Researcher Rae Taylor Burns. Another article featured in this issue describes Pacific crab Fishermen asking 30 fossil fuel companies to bear consequences of changes in their fishery. We are also glad to share some good ideas of making plastic bags from sea weed and using nets over outfall culverts to trap plastic before it reaches our Oceans.

~Gordon Peabody, Editor

OCEAN 46 Articles

Sea Level Rise

Flooding and fires in Australia

Kelp Farming

Economic cost of storms

LED low energy boat lights

Fishermen sue over climate change

Changing penguin habitats

Invasive trees in Arizona

Catching plastic in drainage pipes

Plastic bags from seaweed

OCEAN 45

The Mid-Atlantic coast after Hurricane Florence, a thousand year hurricane, whipped through the area.

The Mid-Atlantic coast after Hurricane Florence, a thousand year hurricane, whipped through the area.

Editor’s Comments:

Our original goal in publishing OCEAN newsletter, was to share solutions for shared environmental problems. Our "Close to Home" article on page 3 is a successful example of our initial goal. We were pleasantly surprised this fall, when our NOAA contact informed us that the successful "Biomimicry" sand restoration system we developed on the Ocean beaches of Truro, Cape Cod, was now being used to restore Hurricane ravaged dunes in Puerto Rico! Other articles share intriguing reuse of once problematic waste in the Almond industry, why some algae becomes toxic, an in depth look at our larger storms and how to "de-orbit" space junk.

~Gordon Peabody, Editor.

Ocean 45 Articles

Manmade space debris

Puffin decline

New use for almond product waste

Storms in Venice

Biomimicry on Cape Cod dune

Harmful algal blooms in Pacific

14-year oil leak in the Gulf

1000-year hurricane on East Coast, USA

Storm surges