A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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A splash of good news for oceans: new plastic dissolves in seawater in just hours | The Optimist Daily
Scientists in Japan have developed a non-toxic plastic that vanishes in seawater in hours, offering a promising tool against marine pollution.
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World’s oceans hit hottest temperature on record in August | Oceans | The Guardian
Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was 21.1C on Saturday, latest data finds
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Sea lion film crew helps with ocean floor mapping and species conservation | The Optimist Daily
Novel studies involving Australian sea lions are opening up exciting new avenues for oceanography and marine conservation.
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Warm ocean water is rushing beneath Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ making its collapse more likely
Warm seawater flowing into the glacier’s underside could significantly accelerate the process of its collapse.
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Fast-acting enzyme breaks down plastics and changes recycling game | The Optimist Daily
Researchers from UT Austin have developed a new enzyme that super boosts the breakdown and recycling of environmentally harmful plastics.
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Why seagrass meadows are the carbon capture solution we need | The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News
Seagrass can capture carbon 35 times faster than rainforests. It’s time we pay more attention to the vegetation growing beneath the waves.
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New Microscopic View of Ocean Floor Life
The Homo sapiens view of our world is all a matter of perspective, and we need to remember that we’re among the larger creatures on Earth. At around 1.7 meters in length, we’re much closer in size to the biggest animals that have ever lived – 30-meter-long blue whales – than the viruses and bacteria…