Blockchain is a relatively new technology. With blockchain (and the right blockchain platforms), organizations and individuals can move electronic currency — like cryptocurrency — from one nation to another. It’s cheap and…
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If you read our recent series on maritime pollution and the technologies that hope to address it, you probably noticed a gaping hole. The more we wrote about trash, chemicals,…
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CleantechRandom Musings
Solving Ocean Pollution Needs a Little Less Conversation and a Lot More Action
by kirkcoburnOur oceans provide us with food and most of the oxygen we breathe (as we’ve discussed). They’re home to a million species (literally), and they link us to our past.…
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American marine biologist Sylvia Earle once said: “With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.” And it’s true — that’s part of…
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Random Musings
PPE in the Seas! How COVID-19 Affected Our Oceans (And What the World Is Doing About It)
by kirkcoburnNations and states around the world are emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, each at a different pace. Now that we’re looking back on our actions, it’s clear that the pandemic…
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Back in 2015, marine biologists Nathan Robinson and Christine Figgener were surveying Olive Ridley sea turtles before being interrupted by ocean pollution. On the Pacific coast of Costa Rica — N…