Hokule‘a Arrives in Historic Yorktown, Virginia Aloha Charleston! Hokule‘a arrives in South Carolina to participate in the Charleston Outdoor Festival. Honoring Hawai‘i’s Astronauts Inspired by the common values of exploration and protection of our planet, Hokule‘a and Worldwide Voyage crewm…

Source: Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage

A U.N. panel said that governments should work towards studying the worst-case global warming scenarios.

Source: Governments Should Study Worst-Case Warming: U.N. | Climate Central

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Where is Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavor? Science can almost tell us!

The mass killings in 1965 live on in global emissions from forced forest fires – and through human rights abuses in the palm oil fields

Source: Why today’s global warming has roots in Indonesia’s genocidal past | Joshua Oppenheimer

Mekong: a river rising

Landmark case may force minister to consider coal’s impact on reef and block new fossil fuel projects

Source: Great Barrier Reef: new chapter opens in the fight to save natural wonder from mining

Electronics firm builds floating solar farm on a reservoir due to a scarcity of land for utility-scale solar in Japan

Source: Japan begins work on ‘world’s largest’ floating solar farm | Environment | The Guardian

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In 1964, ten of the world’s best surfers converge on Manly Beach to fight for the title of world champion. (Video excerpt 2.03 minutes This clip chosen to be G)

Source: King of the Surf

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This short Cinesound documentary from Ken G Hall boasts beautifully filmed visuals, with surfers seen in silhouette and sunlight bouncing off the water. (Video excerpt 3.14 minutesalso has educational notes. This clip chosen to be PG)

Source: Thrill of the Surf (1949) clip 1 on ASO – Australia’s audio and visual heritage online

While everyone buys the latest cars in the market, there are group of people in Hyderabad who’ve gone in the opposite direction – they look for vintage The 47-year-old IT professional is the proud owner of two vintage cars ‘Premier President 1972’ & ‘Premier Padmini Deluxe BE’ which was gifted to him in 1983 when India won the first world cup. He also owns a ambassador of 1970 model.

Source: Vintage is evergreen: Meet Hyderabad’s car lovers | The News Minute

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Photographer Dave Sandford witnesses the sheer raw power and force of waves breaking in stormy conditions on one of Canada’s Great Lakes – Lake Erie.

Source: Lake Erie’s wild waves caught on camera by Dave Sandford

Source: Retro To Go: Modern-day Dansette: 1960s-style GPO Retro Bermuda record player with legs

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The gigantic sand dunes in Cronulla, Sydney – close to the so-called birthplace of modern Australia – date back to mesolithic times. But over the past century they have been steadily encroached upon by human activity

Source: Cronulla sand dunes: the 15,000-year-old landscape that greed destroyed – in pictures | Australia news | The Guardian

As sea levels rise and streets begin to flood, South Florida confronts a bleak future.

Source: Miami is Flooding – The New Yorker

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The “Sponge Suit” is a bikini that rids the oceans of contaminants as you swim

Source: A Refreshing Swim

Corals are recovering from last year’s bleaching but warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures this year will likely lead to deadlier year for coral reef

Source: Hawaii to experience worst-ever coral bleaching due to high ocean temperatures

Revealed: how Indigenous Australian storytelling accurately records sea level rises 7,000 years ago

What’s the difference between a $20 ukulele and a $1000 ukulele

Take a vacation, or die young

This is how blue the skies were when Beijing banned 2.5 million cars for two weeks

This guy’s drive through California’s Valley Fire looks like a scene from a horror flick

Invasion of the Lionfish

Vintage Vinyl: 1963 Vintage photographs available as fine-art prints or digital stock images

Noosa 1967 auf Vimeo

Cutting Tropical Deforestation is Key to Curbing Climate Change, And It’s Cheap

Costa Rica Is Shutting Down All Zoos And Freeing Every Animal In Captivity

The old Religion of the Turks – Tengri and the Shamanism

Mansi music on the Sangkvyltap

Trans Pacific Partnership

In the Red

Prisma Guitars

Who are the mystery 1950s girls in the surf?

1960 Mosrite Prototype Guitar

The Science of Coastal Geology- Part 1

The History of Blackball at Wedge | Swell Lines

The Beatles in their Former Life as Wandering Japanese Musicians

Victoria Vergara // Australia on Vimeo

Los Angeles and Las Vegas, 1961

Here’s Our Original Coverage of Apollo 11

Ed “Big Daddy” Roth: His Life, Times, Cars and Art

What happens when wells run dry in California’s drought?

„Fucking Hell“ – Nur ein helles Bier aus dem Ort Fucking

Summary Information | National Centers for Environmental Information

How to Explore L.A. the ‘Low Carbon Way’

Midget Farrelly, Before the Great Freeze on Vimeo