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 6/25/14

Literary Review – James Hamilton-Paterson on the Great Barrier Reef

Plastic Waste Causes Financial Damage of US$13 Billion to Marine Ecosystems Each Year as Concern Grows over Microplastics

New York’s Silent but Deadly Fracking Problem

How Rupert Murdoch created the world’s newest climate change villain

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

Links for 5/13/14

Is that an Oakswagen? This Bosnian Fellow Built a Wooden VW Beetle and a Hat to Match

Antarctic ice ‘cork’ melting could lead to unstoppable sea rise

Phone tips from 1965 Woman’s National Skateboard Champion

A climate skeptic and Bill Nye on Jamie Oliver’s Last Week Tonight

West Antarctic Ice Sheet’s Collapse Triggers Sea Level Warning

Southern Ocean winds strongest in 1,000 years: study

The Antarctic Ice Sheet Has Started to Collapse and Nothing Can Stop It

Making music at -30

Overfishing to Blame for Sardine Shortage and Starving Sea Lions

Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room Shirts Coming to Disney Parks Online Store From May 12-15, 2014

Eco-Cleaning Company Ecover is Making Bottles Out of Recycled Ocean Plastic

Links for 5/7/14

FET Reverb

Beautiful movie palaces of California

Marine Litter Distribution and Density in European Seas, from the Shelves to Deep Basins

Still Counting Gulf Spill’s Dead Birds

Senators warn of safety risks at closed reactors

10 photos from L.A.’s long-gone Pacific Ocean Park, a day out by the sea you’ll never enjoy

Producer Joe Meek’s life & sound examined in new music film

The Myth of Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies-Chris Hedges

Here Comes the Money: Solar Power and Self-Determination in Western Sahara