Outstanding story by Kimberley Brown for Hakai, a remarkable magazine on coastal science and societies that shuts down at the end of the year: Trapped in the Tide of Organized Crime How Ecuador’s growing armed struggle is affecting its traditional crabbing communities.

Hakai Magazine

Trapped in the Tide of Organized Crime | Hakai Magazine

How Ecuador’s growing armed struggle is affecting its traditional crabbing communities.

#environment #coast #Ecuador #fishing

Boston needs billions to protect itself from sea level rise. Can the city find the money? (no signs yet!) It has a 47-mile-long coastline that’s vulnerable to coastal flooding during storms https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/03/science/climate-change-seawall-boston-michelle-wu (paywall, sorry) #sealevelrise #climatechange #climatecrisis #Boston #environment #hurricane

Participatory AI highlights paths to sustainability Sara Beery combines machine learning with human expertise to better understand a rapidly changing planet.

Participatory AI Highlights Paths to Sustainability | ILP

One goal is early-warning earth monitoring systems that can flag ecosystem concerns in real time and high detail. "What are the mitigating actions that we can take ahead of time, to be a little bit more proactive instead of reactive in our management strategies for the Earth?” #environment #MIT #climatecrisis #AI