OCEAN 69

Gordon Peabody, OCEAN’s Editor

I have been publishing Safe Harbor’s educational e-newsletter OCEAN for oh so many years now, that it has come time for a change. OCEAN 70 will mark our final issue. I like to think I have made some small differences, in good ways, with the environmental problems we all share. Financial considerations were never important to me, and I have never asked for support or carried advertising. These things have changed, as costs for our 5,000 reader email service are now over $1,200 a year and the research costs have expanded likewise, beyond that.

My own research has determined that Ocean Storms are combinations of Mass and Energy. Everyone seems to be drawn to controlling mass but as I began sorting out one from the other, I discovered that when we control storm energy, that the energy will control the mass. Our final issue will contain a few of my favorite and most effective systems that I have developed at Safe Harbor.

-Gordon Peabody, Editor.

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What’s inside OCEAN 69

Innovation in Kelp Farming

Rivers of rock

After a Century of Silence, the Herring River Begins to Wake

When the Bay Runs Low on Breath

The Future of Sargassum

Thank you!

Alaska’s First Ever Heat Wave Warns of 90 Degree Temperatures

Warmest UK waters have new species!

Goldfish in Rain Barrels: A Natural Method of Pest Control

Acidity Bares Its Jagged Teeth

A Bright Future

OCEAN 68

Gordon Peabody, OCEAN’s Editor

This 68th issue of OCEAN introduces a very unusual article on “Bio-Receptive Concrete”, on page 7 by Billie Grimshaw, one of Safe Harbor’s summer interns. We also are sharing the extraordinary video of a Whale gobbling a kayaker and introducing an innovative role for mussels; and Liam O’Hara’s micro wind turbine, which is sweeping Europe. OCEAN is the environmental education publication of Safe Harbor, a small interdisciplinary environmental consulting group on Cape Cod. There is no advertising or solicitation in OCEAN, because I wanted to have an environmental publication with no expectations, other than it be shared by friends, with friends. Thank you for your support.

-Gordon Peabody, Editor.

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What’s inside OCEAN 68

What Not to Catch

What are the Odds?

Flexing its Mussels: Nature’s Filter

Gone With the Wind

Don’t Release Your Balloons

Thank you!

Gone in a Flutter: Butterfly Populations on the Decline

Historical Rain Events Are Becoming More Generational

Vanishing Islands: Sea Level Rise Imperils Small Nation

Bioplastics: Turning the Page on Plastic

Bioreceptive Concrete: Living With Urban Moss

OCEAN 46

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

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