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U.S. East Coast adopts 'living shorelines' approach to keep rising seas at bay

Erik Hoffner

April 24, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: United States, Blue Hill, Maine

Contractors and homeowners in Maine are installing living shorelines to deal with the effects of rising sea levels and stronger storms caused by climate change. As opposed to concrete jetties and breakwaters, living shorelines use natural materials like logs, salt-tolerant plants, and coconut fiber to protect the land from erosion and create valuable habitat for local animals.

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Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts

Kimberley Brown

April 22, 2024 |

BBC |

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Response Location: Ecuador, Quito

The startup Ichthion created a system that skims plastic off of rivers in Ecuador to prevent it from reaching the ocean. A floating barrier stretches across the river to catch the plastic without disrupting fish, and a person manually guides the pollution onto the shore where it’s sorted for recycling.

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Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution

Marlowe Starling

April 16, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Barbados

Entrepreneurs in the Caribbean are collecting harmful sargassum seaweed that washes up on the beaches and turning it into agricultural products that reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers. Red Diamond Compost, for example, uses growth-stimulating hormones from the seaweed to create a soil additive that improves plants’ ability to absorb nutrients.

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Holding back the tides of climate change with 'living shorelines'

Shawne K. Wickham

November 25, 2023 |

New Hampshire Union Leader |

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Response Location: United States, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Researchers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, are using native plants, rocks, and other natural materials to create living shorelines that combat erosion and tidal surges. Choosing this option instead of relying on manmade structures like concrete allows wildlife like barnacles and fish to return to those areas.

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The islands that went from whale hunting to whale watching

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

October 12, 2023 |

CNN |

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Response Location: Portugal

The Azores archipelago transitioned from hunting whales to whale conservation and eco-tourism that support research by implementing whale watching guidelines and building up the new industry after whaling was banned.

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In Baltic Sea, citizen divers restore seagrass to fight climate change

Sarah Marsh

July 26, 2023 |

Reuters |

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Response Location: Germany, Kiel

The SeaStore Seagrass Restoration Project in Kiel, Germany, is teaching locals to harvest and replant the underwater grasses. The project is restoring areas these plants used to inhabit because they store large amounts of carbon.

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A non-profit is trying to save manatees by restoring seagrass

Janet Scherberger

July 25, 2023 |

WMNF Community Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Florida

The Ecosphere Restoration Institute received $5 million from the Florida State Legislature to restore the declining seagrasses on 100 acres of the coast. The organization partnered with experts who have permits to harvest the seeds, grow them in a nursery, and replant them in shallow areas. The project will also help prevent manatee deaths, as the animal depends on seagrass as a food source.

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A Powerful Climate Solution Just Below the Ocean's Surface

Tatiana Schlossberg

May 24, 2023 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Virginia

A project at the Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve has restored 10,000 acres of seagrass meadow. For two decades, scientists and volunteers have worked together to collect, process, and plant seeds to grow the carbon-storing underwater plants.

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Barrages anti-érosion : au Sénégal «on a même vu de l'herbe repousser»

Théo du Couëdic

May 19, 2023 |

Libération |

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Response Location: Senegal, Diogué

L’île de Diogué est le site pilote du système d’épis Maltais-Savard, qui installe des barrages avec des matériaux naturels, comme des troncs d’eucalyptus et des feuilles de palmier, pour lutter contre l’érosion. La méthode a permis de récupérer plusieurs mètres de plage.

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Mekong shrimp farmers less keen to share space with mangroves

Nhung Nguyen

May 12, 2023 |

The Third Pole |

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Response Location: Vietnam

Farmers in Vietnam use integrated shrimp-mangrove ponds to produce organic shrimp for a higher profit while preserving endangered native mangroves. When practicing traditional shrimp farming, the mangrove forests would be cleared but leaving the trees near the water provides nutrients and breeding grounds for the shrimp.

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