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OCEAN 50

Lucy Hughes, a student at the University of Sussex, has received the prestigious James Dyson Award for designing a plastic alternative made out a fish waste.

Lucy Hughes, a student at the University of Sussex, has received the prestigious James Dyson Award for designing a plastic alternative made out a fish waste.

Editor’s Comments:

This 50th Issue of OCEAN commemorates an idea I had ten years ago: to create an innovative, environmental e-newsletter, linking us together through our shared challenges. Our readership now reaches about 5,000 readers worldwide. With this hallmark issue of OCEAN 50, I am renewing my commitment to be self-funded, with no advertising. Thank you to our readers, for your continuing support, in sharing our new and newer ideas. Your comments are always welcome. Thank you for reading and sharing OCEAN.

~Gordon Peabody, Editor

Ocean 50 articles

Wind Energy Update

Lobsters and Whales

A Better Oyster

Vertical Kayak Storage

Cape Cod Dead Zone

England Halts Fracking

Flood Zone Communities

Green Roofs for Honeybees

Microplastic Solutions

OCEAN 42

Oyster farmer on Martha’s Vineyard begins to farm kelp as a sustainable addition to his farm

Oyster farmer on Martha’s Vineyard begins to farm kelp as a sustainable addition to his farm

Editor’s Comments:

In OCEAN 42, we recommend our “CLOSE TO HOME” article, as we continue to investigate the emerging, Regional, economic potential for Sugar Kelp farming. Along with OCEAN Research Coordinator Jess Hillman, we visited a working, Sugar Kelp farm on Martha’s Vineyard. We agreed it was a “fluke” that three ferry boats broke down that day (fortunately the sea farmers were patient). This issue also introduces our OCEAN 2018 Environmental Invention Award: Making electricity from raindrops. Also in this issue, while Palm Oil agriculture has been growing at 20% annually, no one it seems, has been minding the externalities, such as pesticides.

~Gordon Peabody, Editor.

Ocean 42 Articles

Drilling for energy causing radioactive rivers

Palm oil destroying forests

Flooding in Paris

Invasive flower in Iceland

Cape Town in South Africa running low on water

Preventing bird deaths on windows

Warming winters in Russia

Electricity from raindrops

Kelp added to oyster farm in Martha’s Vineyard

OCEAN 38

An “edible water bottle” designed by the Skipping Rocks Lab in London

An “edible water bottle” designed by the Skipping Rocks Lab in London

Editor’s comments:

OCEAN 38 explores an extraordinary concept we all wish we had thought of: Edible water containers. We are also sharing an innovative technology we had never thought of, which grows vegetables from trash. We are continuing to track the Pacific Ocean's incredible thermal energy near Peru and updating our readers on how the neonicitinoid pesticides we were concerned about with Bees, seem to be appearing in some of our drinking water.

~Gordon Peabody, Editor.

Ocean 38 Articles

Carbon capture to enhance vegetable growth

Flooding in Peru

Edible water container

Neonicotinonids found in US drinking water

Conserving water: tips

Drinking seawater

New law in France requiring green roofs