Sounds Right recognizes nature as musician, with royalties going to environmental causes & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Monday, April 22, 2024 Happy Earth Day, EcoWatchers! "Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place." — Scott Peters [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [X]( Sounds Right Recognizes Nature as Musician, With Royalties Going to Environmental Causes As much as nature’s music has been sampled and added to songs over the history of modern music, its symphony of sounds have never been credited or given royalties. [Sounds Right]( is a new [Museum for the United Nations – UN Live]( initiative that will allow artists who use sounds from the natural environment in their recordings to credit “NATURE” as a featured artist on streaming platforms like Spotify and give a portion of the royalties to conservation, a press release from the UN said. [Read More]( Related: [100% Renewable Energy-Powered Music Festival Announced by Massive Attack]( Biden’s Bureau of Land Management Will Offer Leasing of Public Lands for Conservation The Biden administration has finalized a new rule to protect United States [public lands]( including offering leasing of the lands for [conservation]( in a similar manner as it does for [drilling]( [grazing]( and [mining]( reported Reuters. [Read More]( Related: [BLM Proposes 22 Million Acres of Public Lands for Solar Energy]( Metal Waste Could Be Used as a Catalyst for More Sustainable Hydrogen Production, Researchers Say Researchers have found a way to reuse metal waste as an electrocatalyst that can split water (H2O) into hydrogen and oxygen, which could be help make hydrogen production more sustainable. [Read More]( Related: [Researchers Successfully Split Seawater to Produce Green Hydrogen Without Pre-Treatment]( Seychelles Beach Cleanup Shows Potential for Citizens to Tackle Marine Trash More than 1,220 volunteers have cleaned up nearly 9.9 tons of marine litter from [beaches]( in East Africa’s [Seychelles]( [islands]( in what researchers called an impressive example of [citizen science](. The [cleanup]( took place on [52 beaches]( across 10 islands from June 2019 to July 2023, a press release from University of Plymouth said. [Read More]( Related: [From Cleanups to Concerts, EcoWatch’s Guide to Earth Day 2024]( High Levels of PFAA (Subgroup of PFAS) Found in Sea Spray A new study has found high concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids, or PFAA, in sea spray. In fact, researchers noted that the levels of PFAAs in sea spray aerosols were even higher than in seawater itself, and the researchers estimated that emissions of PFAAs from sea spray could be even greater than those in the atmosphere from manufacturing sources and other known polluters. [Read More]( Related: [Most Rainwater on Earth Contains PFAS Exceeding Safe Levels, Study Finds]( Ocean Cleanup 101: Everything You Need to Know The Earth’s oceans are teeming with life — and with plastic. In fact, by 2050, it’s expected that there will be even [more plastic in the ocean than fish](. Adding to the 150 million tons already in marine environments, [eight million tons of plastic reaches our oceans every year](. While the Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988 (also known as the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act) banned dumping waste directly into the ocean in the United States, waste still makes its way into waterways through illegal dumping and other means. Without proper systems worldwide for handling and disposing of waste, it can easily end up in rivers and eventually make its way into the ocean. In coastal areas especially, rainwater can flush litter into storm drains and eventually into the ocean. [Read More]( Related: [Microplastics 101: Everything You Need to Know]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](