Brickwrecks: Sunken Ships in Lego Bricks "Devised by professional Lego constructor Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught in partnership with the Australian National Maritime Museum, the show explores nine famous shipwrecks from ancient to modern times through detailed models."
Lego shipwrecks are heading for Chatham
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Five ways to cut emissions from shipping "Shipping generates 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This could increase to 10% if current trends continue... Shipping must adopt major changes and embrace large-scale innovations."
The Conversation
Five ways to cut emissions from shipping
Shipping produces roughly the same amount of emissions as aviation, yet it is often overlooked. It’s time for change.
 4. Cruise ships usually "run their power-hungry systems during port calls. Such emissions not only contribute to climate change, but also to local air pollution." #climatechange #climatecrisis #ship #ocean #environment #environmentaljustice image
OK, this is 250 years out of date, but here's a snapshot of the Revolutionary War breaking out here in Boston in 1775, particularly looking at why the British navy couldn't do much about it.
History of the harbor – Eric Bender
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My daughter the pediatrician says that her community clinic suddenly is seeing far fewer children, apparently because parents are afraid to bring them in. [@vida_latina](
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Living seawalls designed both to protect shorelines and foster marine life keep popping up in the U.S. and around the world. A few examples: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article298269808.html
Embry-Riddle Newsroom
To Protect Coast, Embry-Riddle, Bethune-Cookman and UCF Team Proposes ‘Living Seawall’
To Protect Coast, Embry-Riddle, Bethune-Cookman and UCF Team Proposes ‘Living Seawall’
Planet Forward
Boston-based Stone Living Lab using nature to protect shorelines
Stone Living Lab, a partnership of multiple Boston-based environmental organizations, is reinforcing shorelines to combat sea level rise.
Living Seawalls: Aiming for Ecologically-Minded Ocean Construction – The Tide Is Out
Shorelines
Lessons from the Field: A Living Seawall, One Year Later - Shorelines
Printer/PDF-friendly version by Sara Aoki Over one hundred years ago, San Francisco built its first seawall: a 3-mile, concrete wall that protects ...
Living Seawall Pilot | SF Port
Riverside Conservancy
Scientists Hope Living Seawalls Can Make Beaches More Resilient — Riverside Conservancy
By Lisa D. Mickey Perhaps you have heard of living shorelines, but have you ever heard of living seawalls? Living seawalls are a hybrid approach...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Mote scientists to study Sarasota’s new ‘living seawall’ | Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are monitoring the new “living seawall” installed by the City of Sarasota last week along 262 feet of Sarasot...
UW News
Seattle seawall’s novel fish features are a potential model for the world
As tourists and residents visit Seattle
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In New England, climate change is moving fast. The fishing industry is not “The more that we disrupt the climate, it's making it very difficult to make a living on the traditional stocks. The fish are just not here anymore.”
In New England, climate change is moving fast. The fishing industry is not
The $20 billion industry is struggling to keep up as new fish move into the region, and old reliables, like cod and lobster, flee for colder waters.
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Ten Must-See Museums Opening Around the World in 2025 New institutions dedicated to artificial intelligence, West African art, barbeque and more are expected to welcome visitors this year https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/ten-must-see-museums-opening-around-the-world-in-2025-180985814/ #museum #art
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Mauro Morandi, Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, Dies at 85 He was the sole resident of Budelli, an undeveloped sliver of paradise off the northern coast of Sardinia. He embraced the solitude, until he was evicted. "Mr. Morandi lived in an abandoned World War II hut, tacking up canvas tarps in an open area in front. He created sculptures from branches, cooked on a propane stove and read voraciously."
Mauro Morandi, Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, Dies at 85 (Published 2025)
He was the sole resident of Budelli, an undeveloped sliver of paradise off the northern coast of Sardinia. He embraced the solitude, until he was e...
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Feds, state close in on building new island in Bay The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Maryland Port Administration are finalizing their proposal to resurrect an island that has vanished beneath the waves of the Chesapeake Bay. If all goes according to plan, James Island will convert more than 2,000 acres of open water into prime habitat for migratory birds while helping to protect communities on the vulnerable Eastern Shore from further erosion. https://marylandmatters.org/2025/01/13/feds-state-close-in-on-building-new-island-in-bay/ #climatechange image
Three Years of High Tides "Sometimes the best [outreach] programs require the least amount of gear: a pair of rainboots, a microphone, a meter stick. Well, that, and about two feet of seawater."
Stone Living Lab
Three Years of High Tides - Stone Living Lab
Sometimes the best programs require the least amount of gear: a pair of rainboots, a microphone, a meter stick. Well, that, and about two feet of s...
 "The ocean gives us a brief window into what our climate future may very well look like, and shows us that the future doesn’t have to be the dystopia of our worst nightmares." #climatechange #climatecrisis #Boston #sealevelrise #coast #harbor #environmentaljustice image