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The article from the New York Times Magazine discusses the invasion of European green crabs along America's northeastern coast and the impact they have on local ecosystems and fisheries. Conservation biologist Joe Roman and others are exploring the idea of consuming these invasive crabs as a way to mitigate their effects. The article highlights efforts to promote the consumption of green crabs through various recipes and culinary initiatives, emphasizing the potential benefits of targeted culls and sustainable harvesting practices. [Extracted from the article]

The article highlights the tragic impact of the opioid crisis on the fishing industry, focusing on the death of a deckhand aboard the Jersey Pride. Topics discussed include the high overdose rates among fishermen, the demanding and precarious nature of fishing work, and the urgent need for harm-reduction strategies within these communities.

As states and cities across the country have closed schools, businesses and public spaces and as governors have ordered residents to stay home as much as possible, millions of Americans [...]

The article focuses on the transformative journey of Travis Mills, a U.S. Army soldier who became a quadruple amputee due to combat injuries, highlighting his evolving understanding of strength and resilience as he rebuilt his life and founded the Travis Mills Foundation to assist wounded veterans and people with disabilities.

The potential habitability of Jupiter's moon Europa has motivated two missions: NASA's Europa Clipper and ESA's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE). Both missions are equipped with ice‐penetrating radars which will transmit radio waves into the subsurface, recording reflections from interfaces defined by contrasts in ice shell dielectric properties. Assuming an MgSO4ocean, we show that salt layers, formed through the freezing of subsurface liquid water reservoirs, can be detected by ice‐penetrating radar instruments on Europa Clipper and JUICE. Furthermore, because these features are thermodynamically stable within the minimally attenuating portion of Europa's ice shell, referred to here as the “pellucid region,” they could produce brighter reflections than deeper liquid water interfaces. We demonstrate how ice‐penetrating radar measurements of salt layer thickness could establish lower bounds on the parameter space of possible initial reservoir thickness and salinity, constrain the origin of reservoirs (ice shell melt vs. ocean injection), and—if sourced through ocean injection—the ocean salinity. Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, is thought to have the conditions necessary to support life as we know it. Europa is going to be explored by two missions: NASA's Europa Clipper and ESA's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE). Both missions will use radar to look beneath the icy surface to search for liquid water and structures formed from liquid water freezing. In this work we show that salt layers, mixtures of salt and ice formed when salty water freezes into a solid, can be seen by radars on Europa Clipper and JUICE. These layers could give us clues about the water's original size and saltiness, and how these underground reservoirs formed—either from melting ice or ocean water pushing up into the ice shell. This research could help us understand more about Europa's ocean and its potential for life. Salt layers formed through the process of cryoconcentration represent radar‐detectable structure in Europa's ice shellIce‐penetrating radar measurements of salt layer thickness can help to determine if ice shell reservoirs are sourced through injection of ocean waterThe salinity of Europa's ocean can be bounded through combined constraints on maximum initial reservoir thickness and salt layer thickness Salt layers formed through the process of cryoconcentration represent radar‐detectable structure in Europa's ice shell Ice‐penetrating radar measurements of salt layer thickness can help to determine if ice shell reservoirs are sourced through injection of ocean water The salinity of Europa's ocean can be bounded through combined constraints on maximum initial reservoir thickness and salt layer thickness

The article focuses on the story of Janis Karpinski, a former U.S. Army general and her struggle to clear her name after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq in 2004. It also touches upon the story of Eric Fishback, a former soldier who blew the whistle on the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and later suffered from mental health issues. It examines the impact of the scandal on the lives of those involved and the broader political and social context in which it has been occurred.

Experiences of three anglers from Rhode's Island, who caught a shark in an offshore fishing trip almost fifteen years ago, are detailed.

The article offers information on the Russian invasion into Ukraine. It discusses that Russian President Vladimir Putin has named Army General Alexander Dvornikov, commander of Russia's Southern Military District as theater commander of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine. It discusses Russia's departure from northern Ukraine shows evidence of non-combatants being disproportionately targeted, according to a Saturday UK military intelligence update.

The article discusses the boat operators, one a former commercial fisherman and the cousin, has picked up passengers in the night on a beach on Mexico's coastline. Topics include to deter incursions, the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection cooperate on the water in counter smuggling surveillance and patrols, part of a collaboration with federal; and law-enforcement encounters with migrants at sea subsided late in the Obama administration never stopped.

In this article the author talks about the President George H. W. Bush had federalized active-duty troops overnight under the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that grants a president powers to deploy military forces against domestic rebellion or disorder. It mentions that It seemed clear enough that machine guns would almost certainly be disproportionate to the situation in Los Angeles, and that a mishap could be catastrophic.

The article focuses on the author's experiences of training his children to have a connection with the ocean and embrace a life tied to the wild places beyond their doorstep. It also discusses their decision to make the children "water dogs" despite living in a city far from the sea and a health issue that precluded them from playing contact sports.

The article focuses on once-fortified U.S. outposts found throughout Iraq and Afghanistan during the War on Terror. Topics include the popularity of prefabricated bunker boxes made by HESCO Bastion, the use of these boxes at the American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, and how these relics serve almost as an archaeological site.

The article discusses the hopelessness and difficulties faced by the second platoon of the U.S. army in the Afghan and Iraq war, adapted from the book "The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq" by C. J. Chivers. Topics discussed include the role of specialist Robert Soto in the war, failure of the policies of the U.S. government in achieving what was needed from the war, and death of Staff Sergeant Nathan Cox during the war.

The article focuses on how glassblower Eben Horton re-created and improved a staple of glass minnow traps that were once a minor staple of the fishing scene in the U.S. It is mentioned that Horton had attached a single glass loop to the exterior, midway down the side and the first trap resembled a large glass bullet with an inverted funnel at its base.

The article talks about the urban legend of the explosive material Red Mercury and how it has been used to scam terrorists. Topics include the search of terrorist groups like the Islamic State for more powerful explosives, the story of Syrian freelance informant and trader for hire Abu Omar, and the perils of nuclear terrorism according to American physicist Samuel T. Cohen who was a proponent of Red Mercury. Other topics include unobtainium and how bogus materials are used in scams.