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 53

OCEAN is proud to highlight the work of one of our previous Safe Harbor interns, Charles Post. We share his extraordinary video “Sky Migrations”

OCEAN 53 introduces some interesting videos we wanted to recommend and share with our readers. OCEAN is a self-funded, environmental education newsletter for Safe Harbor Environmental Services, a multidisciplinary, environmental consulting group on Cape Cod. This issue contains articles by OCEAN Researchers, ranging from “VANISHING BIRDS”; to “INNOVATIVE FLOOD PROTECTION”; to the “NURDLE APOCALYPSE” in New Orleans. We publish this newsletter for people with an interest in the environment and in climate action. Please feel free to share OCEAN with friends who share your interests. It is a Public Domain publication. Thank you.

~Gordon Peabody, Editor

OCEAN 53 Articles

Keeping Safe (Part III)

Eyes to the Sky

Lost Power?

Coastal Restoration Using Biomimicry

Innovative Flood Protection Product

A New River is on the Way

Tracking Anomalous Weather

Meteotsunamis are Real

“Nurdle” Apocalypse

Mystery Surrounds Loss of Birds

A Different Species and a Deadly Pandemic

Lobster with a Surprising “Extra”

Purses Belonging to Mermaids?

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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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