This week’s BETB features commentary on:

• World View successfully launches its first stratollite from its Tucson HQ (via TechCrunch)
• Effective marine protection: More than just lines on a map (via National Geographic)
• Coastal creatures are crossing oceans floating on makeshift rafts of plastic debris, warn scientists (via the Telegraph)
• Why we should use the tech start-up model to solve environmental problems (via mnn.com)
• Navigational Safety Efforts Continue in SOMS (via World Maritime News)