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Reasons to Be Cheerful

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reasonstobecheerful.world > could-plastic-eating-robots-clean-up-our-oceans

Could Plastic-Eating Robots Clean Up Our Oceans?

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (995+ words) By deploying autonomous “interceptors,” a Dutch nonprofit aims to remove 90 percent of all floating ocean plastic pollution by 2040. This story has been co-published by Reasons to be Cheerful and the Outrider Foundation. In Los Angeles, in Mumbai, in Kuala Lumpur…...

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reasonstobecheerful.world > bay-area-living-levees

Horizontal Levees Are Spreading Across the Bay Area

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (411+ words) Gradually sloped and lush with native plants, this new type of green infrastructure could protect coastal cities and wildlife from rising seas. Visitors to the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve, captivated by gliding birds overhead and golden hills across the…...

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reasonstobecheerful.world > saving-indonesias-coral-reefs-by-empowering-women

The "Sisterhood" Protecting Indonesia's Coral Reefs

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (375+ words) On the tiny island of Gili Air, a unique marine conservation course opens up career pathways for women while revitalizing reefs. When she was 21, Gabriela Nathania H dove underwater with a cohort of four strangers off the coast of Gili…...