Source: Shipping not included in final text of COP21 agreement
The chemical sprayed on the 2010 BP oil spill may not have helped crucial petroleum-munching microbes get rid of the slick, a new study suggests.
Source: Study: Dispersants did not help oil degrade in BP spill
The global environment collapses as in the pursuit of short-term growth, humanity overruns natural ecosystems including the atmosphere that make Earth
Source: Biosphere Collapse: The Biggest Economic Bubble Ever | EcoInternet – Earth Blog
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Source: Giant sculptures made entirely of beach waste to make you rethink plastic use
Thousands of the fires raging through the forests of Indonesia were deliberately started to clear land for industrial use. The results have been deadly
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It’s our time to act. Boldly and bravely. It starts with 24 Hours of Reality: The World Is Watching. 24hoursofreality.org #WhyImWatching
Source: 24 Hours of Reality and Live Earth: The World Is Watching | Climate Reality
The findings follow a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study two weeks ago that said the world is in the midst of a third global coral bleaching event.
Source: How we are all contributing to the destruction of coral reefs: Sunscreen – The Washington Post
Get essential tools and recipes for the at-home bartender with this set from MakersKit
Genocide, not genes: indigenous peoples’ genetic alcoholism is a racist myth
Ocean life or acid trip? Photos of psychedelic jellyfish
Nestle–that’s who. And they’re profiting big time. Watch the movie and take action.
Source: Guess Who’s Illegally Occupying Public Land in California?
Where have all the tuna gone, and where are all the cod?
Source: Popular Science
Beat the microbead is an international campaign against plastic microbeads in cosmetics.
Source: Beat the Microbead – Beat the Microbead
I’m well aware that with Paris looming it’s time to be hopeful, and I’m willing to try. Even amid the record heat and flooding of the present, there are good signs for the future in the rising climate movement and the falling cost of solar. But before we get to past and present there’s some past to be reckoned with, and before we get to hope there’s some deep, blood-red anger.
#NoAdriaticDrilling Croatia! – Citizens say NO to @VladaRH Adriatic #fossilfuel plans for Croatia #COP21
Source: #NoAdriaticDrilling Croatia! – HeadTalker
The Sounds of Change | Climate Reality
What Is A ‘Skateboard’?
Loudness online – how loud is loud enough, and how loud is too loud?
Bangalore’s lake of toxic foam – in pictures
Video: The Surfer Girls Of India
Duke Kahanamoku auf Vimeo
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
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
Vintage Vinyl: 1963 Vintage photographs available as fine-art prints or digital stock images
Shigir Idol is oldest wooden sculpture monument in the world, say scientists
Genetic history of P-M45: Native American migration
Let’s See What Happens When This Group Of Scientists Retests Studies That Contradict Climate Science
Trash-mapping expedition sheds light on ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’
Million gallons of wastewater closes another beach in Hawaii
13 Rare Photos of The Queen of Crime Agatha Christie
Beyond the Sea – Fabulous Vintage Beach Images from Vogue from between the 1940s and 1960s
Climate change to raise price of German beer – The Local
Pesticides in paradise: Hawaii’s spike in birth defects puts focus on GM crops
Stormwater Runoff Fees Get Property Owners’ Attention
Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole Toward a Second Great Dying? World Ocean Shows Signs of Coming Extinction