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The international symbol for recycling, with the three arrows standing for reduce, reuse, recycle.
Reduce Reuse Recycle
The queen conch is an important cultural and economic resource for Caribbean countries, but populations are in decline due primarily to overfishing and poaching.
Strombus gigas (Queen Conch)
A biodigestor processes organic waste into gas and fertilizer. It is a simple system to implement with inexpensive materials and is being introduced in isolated rural communities and developing countries to get the double benefit of getting solve energy and environmental problems, and perform proper management of both human waste and animal.
Water: Biodigestor
Unsustainable development and overfishing threaten Belize's coral reefs.
Belize coral reefs in jeopardy
Side view of a red lawn mower.
Lawn Mower
The degraded coral reefs of Mexico's east coast need clean, clear water to survive.
Coral reefs of Mexico are in jeopardy
Best management practices are needed from the ridge to the reef for healthy coastal zones and positive social wellbeing.
The coastal areas of Guatemala are impacted by…
The reduction of impacts and threats to the coastal ecosystem of Honduras benefits both humans and coral reefs.
The current features of and threats to the…
One of the oldest handcrafts of African origin in the United States is the hand-woven winnowing sieve, a shallow basket that was used during the Colonia Era to separate the rice seed from its chaff. Made from indigenous bulrush, sweetgrass is a strong yet supple marsh grass that thrives in the sandy soil of the coastal regions of the US South Atlantic.
Gullah sweetgrass basket
Hymenachne was introduced into northern Queensland, Australia in the 1970s to use in ponded pastures. It escaped cultivation a few years after its release in 1988. It is spreading throughout the tropical wetlands of northern Australia and is most common in the coastal wetlands of northern Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Hymenachne amplexicaulis (Olive hymenachne)
Side view of a Painted Bunting with the right wing, and part of the stomach visible.
Passerina ciris (Painted Bunting)
A 2D cross-section of US topography, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
Coast to coast USA 2D
A side view of a Seaside Sparrow.
Ammodramus maritimus (Seaside Sparrow)
A side view of a Nelson's Sparrow. Nelson's sparrow and the saltmarsh sparrow were considered to be a single species, the sharp-tailed sparrow; because of this it was briefly known as Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow.
Ammodramus nelsoni (Nelson's Sparrow)
White fish lay in brown murky water nearby an abandoned shrimp net. In Chilika Lake, active shrimp pens and abandoned nets trap sediment and kill juvenile fish.
Abandoned shrimp nets
Dishwashers use a lot of water and the gray water may contain phosphates.
Dishwasher
Equipment used to spread fertilizer on residential lawns.
Lawn Fertilizer Spreader
This front facing ladder is standing and has five steps.
Next steps
A conceptual diagram shows the process between pressure, response, and state during a large storm.
Pressure response diagram
This symbol shows a blue toolbox alongside a hammer and wrench
Toolbox
A blue spoon, knife and fork displayed on a circular gray background is representative of food.
Food
A stylized red hibiscus flower with an orange style protruding from the center of the flower. The hibiscus is the state flower of Hawaii.
Hibiscus Flower
Vessel strike of irrawaddy dolphin as it surfaces to breathe.
Vessel strike of marine mammal
A diagram illustrates the way in which carbon dioxide dissolves in the ocean and the impacts acidification can have on marine life.
Atmospheric and Eutrophic Acidification
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