The 10 Weekly Newsletter, April 7, 2023

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Little Necks on the Half Shell?

They’re not quite steamers and definitely not oysters, but they could be more common as climate change brings different conditions into Maine’s waters. That’s just one of the stories we’re exploring this week in “Climate Driven.” Also in that mix: we visit a Maine spot growing fish and veggies together, we learn how preserved seashores are protecting against climate-intensified storms and rising seas, and we delve into the concern of water sources around Lewiston and Auburn.

Elsewhere across our roundup: why women are leading the effort to de-mine Angola, the deepest swimming fish that’s not camera shy, and forget hardcore— what about moss-core?!?

Get your Zen on as your stroll through our issue below.

I’m seeing some estimates there could 80-degree temperatures in Maine next week...

That’s a wow in my book!

Mark

Mark Simpson, News Director

Maine Public: To save resources, some Maine farms are growing fish and vegetables under one roof

Supporters of aquaponics praise it for using less water and less land than traditional agriculture to grow crops. It is also seen as a sustainable alternative to ocean fishing, the future of which is threatened by warming sea waters and over harvesting.

Maine Public: Maine beaches that have escaped development could play a big role in helping us understand rising seas

BBC News: Angola landmines: The women hunting for explosives left from civil war

NPR: Check out the deepest-swimming fish ever caught on camera

PBS NewsHour: Global Seed Vault becomes more important than ever as climate change threatens crops

Maine Public: As the Gulf of Maine warms, a hardier clam could offer business opportunities

CAI: Vineyarders call for a plan on electric ferries

Maine Public:Climate change is worsening the water quality issues at the center of a dispute over Lake Auburn

NPR: Some Jews keep a place empty at Seder tables for a jailed journalist in Russia

VPR: Love 'mosscore?' Grow some in your yard

Maine Public News Connect Milestone

Maine Public’s Maine Public News Connect Project is fast approaching a significant milestone. We are about to release our 100th “episode” of our news translation service. We started out by delivering news from our own news desks in French, Spanish, Somali, and Portuguese in video form. The scope of the project has now expanded to releasing translated newsletters in these same languages in addition to Khmer and Arabic. We also release an English video news pod created by Maine Public’s Ari Snyder each week. This English pod has served as a great ESL opportunity for all the newsletter subscribers. Today, we share out all of this content to over 300 community partners, on our website, YouTube, and WhatsApp, and over public access channels in Maine and New Hampshire. See what this project is all about HERE and help spread the word of this invaluable service to new Mainers across the state.