Cedar Writes

Tag: pollution

  • Phytoremediation and beyond

    Phytoremediation and beyond

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    Let me preface this with: Science fiction, for me, is the wild-eyed imagining of what comes next. What lies over the horizon? We can extrapolate from what we know now, into what is probable, or even slightly improbable, but still known-possible. Or we can just start throwing stuff out there, sometimes called handwavium or unobtanium……

  • Myth-Busting: Ocean Plastic

    Myth-Busting: Ocean Plastic

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    There’s been a video making the rounds of social media, showing rafts of debris floating in the ocean, most of it plastic. I keep seeing it being shared along with laments about how we humans are a scourge on the face of the earth and we’re killing the ocean. Only… that’s not completely accurate. While…

  • Conservation

    Conservation

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    We want to conserve the world around us. Not to eliminate the footprint of mankind, but to soften it, to pause it for a moment during the hurried day to smell the wildflowers, admire the industry of the bee, and thrill to the music of the songbird. Conservation understands the vital role of the green…