Links for 7/2/14

Our Ocean

Fighting, Not Drowning

Plastic garbage in the ocean is mysteriously disappearing

Climate change is life and death

Photo Exhibit ‘Mexican Seas’ At Birch Aquarium Merges Art, Science

How 700 tons of chemical weapons will be turned into 1.5 million gallons of industrial waste at sea: The container ship at the centre of the operation to destroy Bashar al-Assad’s stockpile

Will We Lose the Endgame?

Drugs, Addiction, and Surf: Rocky Romano on Filming Anthony Ruffo

Portraits of Teenagers at Venice Beach, California in the 1970s

Why libertarians apologize for autocracy

A Government’s Dirty Secret: West Papua’s Bloody Reality

Links for 6/30/14

The Chairman of the Largest Private Company in America Just Told the 1 Percent to

Worry About Climate Change

What our descendants will deplore about us

Will Europe Follow in President Obama’s Footsteps to Create Marine Protected Areas?

How ‘friluftsliv’ can help you reconnect with nature

World Wide Waves

El Gas De La Muerte (Gasland)

To address climate change, nothing substitutes for reducing CO2 emissions

Bobby Womack

Human skull lyre

A Map of the Dirties (and Cleanest) Beaches in the U.S.

Lost Then Found: Sierra Leone’s Return to Surf Perfection

Help the Oceans Catch a Break

Film Project Draws Attention To Peru’s Oil Barons

What really annoys scientists about the state of the climate change debate?

Sochi: The Russian California

Links for 6/26/14

6 Major Climate Change Myths, Debunked

Details zu original mosrite 1963 ventures model

The Moondog story

Martin Guitars: A History by Johnston and Boak

Your annual reminder that sharks aren’t terribly dangerous

Plastic Stones, Melting Snails: 3 New Ways To Maim a Planet

Britain’s giant kelp forests could be destroyed within the next 100 years

Climate Change To Impact Even Deep-Ocean Ecosystems, Scientists Say

Cargo ships carry a lot of climate baggage

Malibu elitists who impede public access now face fines

Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 Recession

Report: World’s Oceans on Brink of Collapse

An Eco-Revolution is Upon Us

The Unknown Craftsman

New Zealand Rejects Mining Project on Pacific Seafloor

These Maps Show How Many Brutally Hot Days You Will Suffer When You’re Old

Links for 6/24/14

What do you do if you’re bitten by a venomous snake hours from a hospital?

Global ocean surface temperature in 2014 was highest ever recorded for May

‘Second punch’ of ocean acidification threatens Lowcountry

Methane Emissions: The Impact of Shale Gas Fracking on Climate Change

It’s a trap!

Links for 6/20/14

‘Seismic flare-ups’ observed in volcanoes along the Aleutian chain

Tiki bar guide: 6 LA bars channeling the South Pacific

We Are “Sinking Beneath the Waves,” says Pacific Island Leader

Several Nations Announce Massive Marine Reserves in the Pacific

Surfing According To Hollywood—The Ultimate Mashup

Take a Walk on a Leaky Uintah Basin Oil Well With a Whistleblowing Oil and Gas CEO

The emergent patterns of climate change

Car Camping Revolutionized: This Bed Folds Into a Suitcase

Links for 6/19/14

Earth’s largest volcano, Mauna Loa on Hawaii’s Big Island, awakens from slumber

Arctic Atmospheric Methane Global Warming Veil

German beermakers look like winning their battle to stop fracking

The sad old motels of Barstow, California

Surfer Joe Summer Festival 2014 -Ready to take off!

One Day in the Desert (Benji Brand)

Ibiza unites against oil prospectors

Acid seas threaten creatures that supply half the world’s oxygen

Dying to save the Amazonian rainforest

California Surfing in the Fifties

Jared Aufrichtig’s Fundraiser on CrowdRise

How to Make Your Own Surf Wax

Sri Lanka Location

Links for 6/15/14

Dream Cars: the lost wonders of the automotive age

Climate change: historians will look back and ask ‘why didn’t they act?’

The Threat Down Under: The Rise of Zika Virus

With Millions of Tons of Plastic in Oceans, More Scientists Studying Impact

Absurd Creature of the Week: The 120-Foot-Long Jellyfish That’s Loving Global Warming

Kickstarting a documentary about Moondog, the blind, homeless father of minimalist music

Plastic pollution in oceans can’t be solved with a gadget

James Bond Gunbarrel Sequences 1962-2012

The 1950s Flying Saucer Conventions at an Underground Rock House

Antibiotic-resistant superbug found in raw squid raises new concerns

Tesla Just Gave All Its Patents Away to Competitors

Pledge Takers