OTHER WRITING
Scientists Are Trying to Coax the Ocean to Absorb More CO2
For billions of years, the oceans have been absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere. Now, to boost that drawdown, startup companies and researchers are experimenting with ‘marine carbon dioxide removal’ by altering the chemistry of the ocean and sinking biomass to the seafloor.
How Warming Ruined a Crab Fishery and Hurt an Alaskan Town
As the world warms, extended spikes in ocean temperatures are triggering the collapse of key marine populations. For the Aleut community of St. Paul, Alaska, the loss of the snow crab fishery is having a profound economic impact and raising questions about the future.
The East Coast Whale Die-Offs: Unraveling the Causes
Activists are blaming a recent spate of humpback strandings off New York and New Jersey on seismic exploration by offshore wind companies. But scientists say the deaths are not unusual and are likely due to increased ship traffic and entanglements with fishing gear.
After a Decade of Planning, New York City Is Raising Its Shoreline
Inspired by the Dutch model of living with water, New York’s coastal defenses are on the rise. The city — like others around the country — is combining infrastructure like floodwalls with nature-based features, as it moves ahead with the largest resiliency project in the U.S.
As the Mississippi Swerves, Can We Let Nature Regain Control?
After the lower Mississippi began pouring through and enlarging Neptune Pass in 2019, sediment began flowing into a sand-and-silt-starved Delta bay. Now the Army Corps of Engineers — breaking with tradition — is considering letting at least part of the river have its way.
The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore
How Ocean City cleared the gulls from its boardwalk — with falcons and hawks.
The Clean Water Act at 50: Big Successes, More to Be Done
The Delaware, once an industrial cesspool, is one of the success stories, but its urban stretches remain a work in progress.
The Long, Slow Drowning of the New Jersey Shore
Billions have been spent to protect the beachfront. But inch by inch, water is winning the war.
Another flood brings same question to Manville: Stay or go?
After latest life-changing storm some residents ask if it’s time to leave.
It’s the last of the Delaware River’s shad fisheries, and the fish are scarce
For the American shad, challenges extend far beyond the Delaware River
Oyster buyback program revitalizes growers, rebuilds reefs
Once oysters are purchased from growers along the East Coast, they’re used to ‘reseed’ damaged and dying reefs in New Jersey waters and elsewhere.
From Alaska to Mexico. The Hard Way.
Twin brothers Ryan and Casey Higginbotham planned to paddle from Alaska to the U.S.-Mexico border, but when they got there, they decided to keep going.
As Economy Has Faltered, New Jersey’s Fishing Industry Gets Walloped
NJ’s commercial fishing industry is fifth largest in US; its sales have cratered in the pandemic.
Strong Island Son
Growing up in Long Island, New York might seem like a disadvantage for an aspiring big-wave surfer. But in the case of Will Skudin, his roots might be his greatest strength.
Weight Lifting Her Way From Fiji to Rio
After a cyclone devastated her training facility, the young weightlifter Apolonia Vaivai saw her dream of going to the Olympics slipping away.