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Source: Was a son of the powerful Rockefeller family eaten by cannibals?
The Ocean Cleanup just launched a prototype of their trash-removing device. We caught up with their founder to see how it felt.
Source: This young inventor’s brilliant device could remove tons of garbage from our oceans.
Disney depiction of obese Polynesian god in film Moana sparks anger
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A Tiny Spock Leaning on a 1964 Buick Riviera Is the Best Hot Wheels Car Ever
Australia’s natural wonder is in mortal danger. Bleaching caused by climate change has killed almost a quarter of its coral this year and many scientists believe it could be too late for the rest. Using exclusive photographs and new data, a Guardian special report investigates how the reef has been devastated – and what can be done to save it
Source: The Great Barrier Reef: a catastrophe laid bare | Environment | The Guardian
World’s first grid-connected tidal array almost complete
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Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: N? Hulu Ali‘i | LACMA
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Touring artists are using their unique influence to help festival organizers move away from single-use plastic
Source: The Music Industry’s Battle Against Plastic Junk
Surfing in New York – in pictures
Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: Na Hulu Ali‘i | LACMA
Scientists don’t know how much flooding Antarctic melting will cause — but it may wipe out cities.
Source: Fate of World’s Coastlines Rests on Melting Antarctic Ice
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Rabbit Kekai, the Last of the Waikiki Beachboys, Dies At 95
Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events
Predicting the attack on Pearl Harbor
Drowned worlds: Egypt’s lost cities
The Marxophone is a 1912 toy instrument that combines a zither with a keyboard linked to flexible hammers that repeatedly strike the strings. The resulting sound, over the years, has earned a stran…
Source: The Marxophone, spooky carnival instrument / Boing Boing
Where are surfing’s most creative subcultures today?
The physics of ice predicts that sea level will rise twice as much by the end of the century as previously estimated.
Source: Why the New Sea Level Alarm Can’t Be Ignored
The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. We get it. This is your cheat sheet.
Source: Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change
Packaging of the World is a package design inspiration archive showcasing the best, most interesting and creative work worldwide.
Source: Ayvatú on Packaging of the World – Creative Package Design Gallery
Source: So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star: Photos of the 1960’s Garage Band Explosion | Dangerous Minds
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Cáceres, who was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for her opposition to one of Central America’s biggest hydropower projects, was shot at home
Source: Berta Cáceres, Honduran human rights and environment activist, murdered
Forget the spread of ticks and mosquitos. Climate change could be responsible for bigger bites by drawing poisonous snakes northward into a band along the U.S. and Canadian border, as well as southward into wide swaths of South America.
Source: Snakes’ Expanding Habitat Could Bring Their Venom to Surprising Places
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Coffee isn’t an ingredient that appears in too many tiki drinks, largely because most people associate coffee with a hot morning beverage and not a cool, fruity cocktail. But coffee is rich a…
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Luna plays popular music on a Korean traditional instrument called the gayageum.
Source: David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ played on the gayageum, an ancient Korean musical instrument
I wasn’t expecting much from jazz bagpipe, but this is great.
Source: Jazz bagpiper Rufus Harley on “I’ve Got a Secret” (1996)
The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational competition got underway at 8am (local time) today in monstrous waves at world-famous…
Source: Gladiators, Monster Waves | Quiksilver
Source: Yale Environment 360: Scientists find new large lizard species on remote Papua New Guinea island
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Source: The Reality of Touring Revenue From Someone Who Has Done It For 32 Years | The Trichordist
When you mix the tropics with the tundras, this is what you get.
Source: Nordic-Tiki Cocktails: Not as Crazy as You’d Think
Giant Waves Lash Hawaii Oceanfront Homes In Historic Surf Event
The Oscar nominated film’s success owes as much to America’s troubled mindset as to the movie itself
Source: What lies beneath The Revenant | Ato Quayson | Opinion | The Guardian
Source: Vintage Australian travel posters found in storage reveals travel history | Daily Mail Online
One cocktail that we particularly enjoy is the Missionary’s Downfall, which uses pineapple and mint for a cocktail that is both fruity and refreshing. When we have fresh mint, we never fail t…
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