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Fish Net Fashion

Gelareh Darabi

May 18, 2015 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Slovenia, Ajdovščina, Municipality of Ajdovščina

"Ghost gear" are nylon nets and other waste left behind in our oceans by fishing boats - they cause massive environmental damage, releasing toxins in the water, ensnaring wildlife, and clogging up beaches. Now one organisation, the Healthy Seas Initiative, is working with fishermen and a sportswear company called ECONYL to retrieve abandoned nets from out of the ocean and convert the materials into clothing, carpets, and more.

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Dutch Aquatecture: Engineering a Future on the Water

Russell Beard

May 11, 2015 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Netherlands

As climate change causes global sea levels to rise, nations around the world are increasingly concerned about threats to infrastructure and livelihoods. But the Dutch have been keeping the sea at bay for centuries using a variety of methods and technologies. Their designs and plans - such as floating buildings - may provide solutions for other countries looking to evolve and adapt to changing ocean levels.

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Now It's Personal

Elin Kelsey

April 22, 2015 |

Hakai Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pacific Grove, California

Marine biologists around the world are adopting personalization technologies into their work to help them better understand the movements and lives of the undersea creatures they’re monitoring. For example, the Shark Net app allows California researchers to receive notifications via smartphone about individual white sharks. Initiatives like this allow for a combination of personalization and crowdsourcing, which can be a boon for marine conservation efforts.

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Looks swell

The Economist

March 12, 2015 |

The Economist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Australia, Perth

Carnegie Wave Energy created a system to generate electricity from the ocean’s waves to power Australia’s largest naval base. The system, known as CETO 5, has buoys bobbing up and down below the ocean’s surface that drives a pump attached to the seafloor and pushes water through a pipe to the power station. Each buoy can create 240 kilowatts, and all together the system produces about 5 percent of the base’s electricity. The system will need to be upgraded if they plan to put buoys further at sea where the swells are greater.

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Fish Farm of the Future Goes Vegetarian to Save Seafood

Alan Jeffries

February 23, 2015 |

Bloomberg |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

To avoid depleting the oceans, fish farms should consider feed that is ethically sourced—or even vegetarian. Feeding fish a completely vegetarian diet makes fish farms more sustainable and avoids relying on feeder-fish, which can absorb toxins from their environment. Two X Sea, a California-based company, has developed a vegetarian fish food made from food staples that can be grown on land and sourced from within the US.

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Vancouver versus the rising sea: how the city is adapting to climate change

Jim Hall

February 23, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

The densely populated Canadian city is tenth most at risk of flooding in the world as climate change raises sea levels. The government has instated a number of successful flood adaptation projects, with an ambition to become the “greenest city in the world."

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Better Together

Eve Troeh Jesse Hardman

February 05, 2015 |

New Orleans Public Radio (WWNO) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

Louisiana and Vietnam both need affordable solutions to rising sea levels. Leaders from Vietnam visited Louisiana to compare ideas.

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When Life Gives You Rainwater, Make Shrimp Ponds

Eve Troeh

January 29, 2015 |

New Orleans Public Radio (WWNO) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

Farmers in Vietnam face rising sea levels but rejected the city's water engineering projects. They prefer gradual measures to cope with climate change so scientists have allowed the farmers to steer the conversation.

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The Battle to Keep Ho Chi Minh City Above Water

Jesse Hardman

January 22, 2015 |

New Orleans Public Radio (WWNO) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

Geography and climate change challenge the viability of sea-level cities in Vietnam, but architects, researchers, and urban planners work together to find creative solutions. One architect in Ho Chi Minh City designed green roofs to absorb the rainwater that causes floods.

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Scientists are putting seals to work to gather ocean current data

Chris Benjamin

December 10, 2014 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Antarctica

The Seal Mammal Research Unit at the University of St. Andrews is recruiting and tagging pinnipeds to gather details on ocean conductivity, temperature and depth, collectively called “CTD profiles.” When tagged animals surface, the data they’ve collected are relayed to a global satellite system, decoded by computers, and disseminated to researchers.

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