Links for 1/7/15

Crowdfunding saved Timbuktu’s manuscripts. What’s next?

Southern California Surfer Dies Days After Contracting Staph Infection

Death in the Outback

What did ancient Babylonian songs sound like? Something like this

Three’s Company: The Pickup Placement Paradigm

Climate Deniers Employ Predatory Tactics in Fight Against Facts: Scientist

Electric “supercar” coupe prototype from Renovo Motors unveiled at CES

It’s Official: 2014 Is Hottest Year on Record

Big Threat For Obama’s Climate Efforts From GOP-Run Congress

Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheets: Climate Change’s Disastrous Effects

Links for 12/19/14

Beach Resorts Are Destroying the World’s Beaches

Eat The Enemy: As Jellyfish Bloom, So Do Appetites Overseas

Climate Change Takes A VillageAs The Planet Warms, A Remote Alaskan Town Shows Just How Unprepared We Are

Micro Wind Turbines: Another Big Headache For Big Oil

Five ways to stop mass extinction

Palm Springs’ Bootlegger Tikifies Palm Canyon Drive

The Reason You Love “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

Why is Arctic ice melting so fast?

Inside Beijing’s airpocalypse – a city made “almost uninhabitable” by pollution