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  • Mexico launches pioneering scheme to insure its coral reef

    Climate change is a mounting threat to coral reefs, which serve not just as critical habitats for ocean life and a draw for the tourism industry, but also as a buffer to the increasing storms caused by changing weather patterns. In the first scheme of its kind, private businesses, nonprofits, and the government in Mexico's Yucatán Penninsula are combining financial resources to take out an insurance policy on their coral reefs. The insurance will help rebuild the reefs after storms and man-made damage, and fund new ways to keep them healthy.

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  • Sustainability Report: High-Tech Coral Reef Monitoring

    Increasing coral reef resiliency has become a top priority for many marine scientists, leading to the creation of new tools that take advantage of new technology. Benthic Ecosystem and Acidification Measurements System (BEAMS) is one such creation that acts as an autonomous reef monitoring system, allowing researchers to collect data continuously and at a previously unparalleled rate.

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  • Madagascar: No more fish? We'll farm seaweed instead

    Adapting to climate change in coastal areas means adjusting local fishing and cultivation practices. Residents of Velondriake, a locally managed marine area in southern Madagascar, have introduced seaweed and algae farming as an alternative to fishing. With the help of Blue Ventures, an NGO based in the UK, and the University of Toliara, residents are monitoring their ecosystem and finding new markets for their harvests.

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  • When New York Harbor Is Your Classroom

    New York City’s Harbor School is a public school that provides students with a comprehensive education in oceanic issues. Classes happen in a traditional classroom on Governor’s Island as well as on the harbor. Through this school, students living in an urban environment have a chance to connect to the environment and receive hands on training for maritime jobs.

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  • Vietnam's response to climate change? A shrimp and mangrove cocktail

    Increasing salinization of water sources and droughts as a result of climate change have threatened traditional agricultural practices in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. But The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the Netherlands Development Agency are helping teach farmers to adapt by showing them how to work with the saltier waters, establishing organic shrimp farms instead of growing rice and preserving the valuable mangroves that protect their coastline from storms.

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  • Hope, love prevail in conserving endangered Philippine cockatoo

    The Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program on Rasa Island has taken a multi-faceted approach to conservation - by employing former poachers to help protect the very species they once threatened. Through a combination of education in local schools, coordinations with government bodies, NGO training and support, as well as local volunteers and engaging the community, they are striving to restore the iconic cockatoo population, as well as preserving the other plants and animals that call this area home, and the local villages that depend on these resources for survival.

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  • Making Energy with Waves and NASA

    The United States is making its move to catch up with European countries that have found ways to convert the energy of the oceans' waves into a form or useable renewable energy.

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  • Shampoo bottle made from ocean plastics hailed as ‘technological breakthrough'

    P&G, the manufacturer of popular shampoo Head & Shoulders, is teaming up with a recycling business and waste management company to turn discarded plastic found on the beaches of France into special edition shampoo bottles. Although the impact is small in terms of bottles produced, the amount of recycled content is a "technological breakthrough" compared to what other companies have achieved.

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  • Maine looks north, hoping to become a gateway to the Arctic

    The state of Maine has been feeling the negative effects of climate change including the rising sea waters. Businesses have decided to make the best of it and do it in an environmentally sound and sustainable way. They have sought out new fisheries, renewable power, and trade distributions through the Arctic.

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  • A Shallow Well Full of Hope for Women in Kenya's Lamu County

    The amount of time women spend searching for water in Kenya is debilitating to their life. Shallow water wells closer to living spaces can help them reclaim some time to tend to their own lives.

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