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The disclosure provides a method and means to promote green infrastructure and agriculture, reduce the incidence of forest fires in arid and semi-arid coastal regions, and mitigate harmful algal blooms. An artificial downwelling system, for example, can include one or more free-floating, self-propelled, or anchored wave-inertia pumps. In one embodiment, the wave-inertia pumps may be deployed on the oceanic side of an upwelling front. For example, the wave-inertia pump may pump warm surface water to deeper cold layers (e.g., below a sheared pycnocline of upwelling water) to disrupt the coastal upwelling. In some embodiments, a productivity of the artificial downwelling system can be controlled through remote telemetry, telecommand, and/or electromechanical tools. The artificial downwelling system may, for example, be powered by wave energy, and can be controlled using a telemechanical system powered by wind energy, and/or solar panel energy backed by electrical batteries. Various embodiments may advantageously reduce the offshore atmosphere pressure difference and occasions of significant wind events.

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