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  • The Big Payoff From Restoring Coastal Wetlands When Hurricanes Strike

    Ian Evans

    September 07, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Hurricanes and big storms have the power to cause damage and death to the areas affected, and building barriers is expensive. Coastal restoration could be a better alternative, rebuilding green infrastructure to help break up waves and storm power before it reaches land.

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  • Race to Decode Coral DNA to Save World's Reefs From Extinction

    Erica Cirino

    August 28, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

    After nearly back-to-back coral bleaching events made headlines internationally, there's been an increased awareness around the need to save what's left of the species. The newest strategy being implemented has to do with genetic technology that helps scientists determine via DNA markers which types of coral may be the most weak and the most resilient. “Scientists’ goal right now should be to take the steps necessary to optimize coral species so that each successive generation is more resilient,” explains marine biologist Ruth Gates. Although still early in its debut, this is the goal of genetic technology.

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  • Achoo! Snot-Collecting Drones Are Revolutionizing Whale Research

    Ian Evans

    August 25, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Gloucester, Massachusetts

    Traditionally, whales have been studied through research vessels, which are hard to maneuver, and costly to make. However, drones with the ability to capture a whale’s snot, are providing a much easier, and cheaper alternative to whale research.

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  • Coral Triage: Scientists Zero in on Reefs With Best Chance of Survival

    Paul Tullis

    August 24, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Coral reefs on the brink of near extinction, but the more we know about the reefs themselves, the better chance they have to survive - or so says a group of coral reef specialists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. This group has implemented a 3-D imaging mapping project at the University of Queensland in Australia with the goal of equipping communities with the knowledge needed to help coral reefs survive another major bleaching event.

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  • Tweet Streams: How Social Media Can Help Keep Tabs on Ocean Health

    Bela Stantic Rod Connolly Susanne Becken

    August 18, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Australia, Queensland

    In an effort to collect data about the environmental health of high traffic destinations, researchers are examining the text and images of geotagged social media posts. Tweets about the Great Barrier Reef were analyzed for relevant information about specifically where people visited, common activities, and common complaints. While people passively provided data by geotagging posts, researchers are also proposing creating hashtags that allow for people to actively communicate data to researchers through social media posts.

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  • ‘Upcycling' Ocean Plastic Trash Comes into Fashion

    Erica Cirino

    August 07, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cape Porpoise, Maine

    When global oil prices drop, so do incentives to recycle plastic materials, and even more plastic debris and trash ends up collecting in our oceans and ecosystem. An alternative solution in the form of "up-cycling" is helping to combat plastic pollution, as nonprofits and do-gooders who gather beach and ocean trash partner up with companies and retailers to produce desirable products crafted from materials collected out of the oceans.

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  • Robot Revolution: New Generation of Cheap Drones to Explore the Seas

    Matthew O. Berger

    July 31, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Half Moon Bay, California

    There's a robot revolution happening in the San Francisco Bay Area, and it's all in the name of mapping our oceans. This boom of technological innovation is helping bring lower-cost tools to both researchers and citizens. These consumers in turn use the devices to take photos during their excursions that ultimately create a network of ocean data that helps map the realities of concerns such as ocean acidification, rising water temperatures and overfishing.

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  • New Hampshire goats act as poison ivy control

    Julie Huss

    July 30, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Londonderry, New Hampshire

    In Londonderry, New Hampshire, the Carriage Shack Farm hire out goats to eat unwanted plants like poison ivy or bittersweet. Contrary to humans, they aren’t harmed by the plant and actually enjoy eating it. Prior to being hired, the farm trains the goats so that their appetites and stomachs aren’t adversely affected.

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  • Ghost Gear Busters: Paying Fishers to Collect Derelict Nets, Traps

    Erica Cirino

    July 26, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey

    "Ghost gear" describes the nets, lines, and other debris lost off the back of commercial fishing boats in staggering amounts each year, and it spells death for hundreds of thousands of marine animals and birds who get tangled in it. Previously, there was little financial incentive to pull this litter back out of the water, but a new public-private partnership called Fishing For Energy is paying fishers to gather up ghost gear and help recycle it, as well as developing new technologies to prevent bycatch and educating communities about the issue.

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  • A Cheap Fix for Climate Change? Pay People Not to Chop Down Trees

    Brad Plumer

    July 20, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Hoima, Kibaale, Western Region

    In a randomized experiment in western Uganda, scientists demonstrated the effectiveness of paying rural farmers not to chop down trees since deforestation contributes to CO2 emissions worldwide. They studied for two years the declines in forest cover between a control group (no payment) and the participant group (paid). Building on a United Nations project in which wealthy nations pay poorer ones in an attempt to equalize the costs of responding to climate change, the outcome of the project proves the existence of a low-cost environmental policy solution to stemming rising global temperatures.

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