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IF you have a Yahoo account you might want to ditch it after revelations the tech giant created a tool for the US government to scan through people’s private messages. The company had worked with e…
Source: How to delete your Yahoo email account after secret monitoring revelations
This excellent op-ed piece by ?Ohu Gon needs to be shared with many. By Sam ‘Ohu Gon September 4, 2016 The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently unveiled a groundbreak…
Source: Indigenous Traditions could be New Resource Management Model – Ka’ahele Hawai’i
By reconstructing past global warming and the carbon cycle on Earth 56 million years ago, researchers have used computer modeling to estimate the
Source: Warning from the Past: Future Global Warming Could Be Even Warmer | Lab Manager
David Bald Eagle, who died July 22 at 97, was known for an eclectic mix of passions, especially his work in motion pictures. But he also left a legacy of activism for the Native American community, including his service as the first chief of the United Indigenous Nations of the Americas.
Biodiversity across much of Earth has recently dropped below safe levels. Here are some of the species we’ve lost just this century.
Source: Animals That Went Extinct In The 21st Century [Infographic]
Insect populations are declining dramatically in many parts of the world, recent studies show. Researchers say various factors, from monoculture farming to habitat loss, are to blame for the plight of insects, which are essential to agriculture and ecosystems.
Recent research provides a better understanding of urban populations throughout history, digitising almost 6,000 years of data for the first time
PineappleGate in Madagascar is much more than meets the eye.
Source: Why Everyone in Madagascar Is Making Jokes About Pineapple · Global Voices
Video: Roadfino / Duct Tape Invitational
In classic art, the Ocean is frequently featured as a dark and dangerous entity, waiting to destroy ships and lives. Marine art progressed along with the evolution of ocean going vessels. Swell-pro…
Source: Tommy Guerrero interview – Grey Skateboard Magazine
Video: African Expedition
Skate legend Tommy Guerrero was one of the biggest names in skateboarding in the 1980’s. As one of the Bones Brigade, Powell Peralta’s famous skate team, Guerrero would go on to head up…
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Source: Individually-shrinkwrapped potatoes are why we must destroy capitalism / Boing Boing
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Algal bloom ‘of biblical proportions’ has led to protests and health emergency as concerns raised over dumping of rotting salmon in ocean
Source: Toxic ‘red tide’ in Chile prompts investigation of salmon farming | World news | The Guardian
This week we’re honoured to have the legend of TWANG drop into the Henhouse, Mr. Duane Eddy himself! For those of you who don’t know him, Duane Eddy revolutionized the sound of the electric guitar and became the king of “twang” with his trusty Gretsch guitar in hand.
Source: Episode 11 – Duane Eddy (Part 1)
Lost in time
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To imagine the ocean of the future: picture a writhing mass of unkillable tentacles, forever
Source: To imagine the ocean of the future: picture a writhing mass of unkillable tentacles, forever
Electronics firm builds floating solar farm on a reservoir due to a scarcity of land for utility-scale solar in Japan
Source: Japan begins work on ‘world’s largest’ floating solar farm | Environment | The Guardian
In 1964, ten of the world’s best surfers converge on Manly Beach to fight for the title of world champion. (Video excerpt 2.03 minutes This clip chosen to be G)
Source: King of the Surf
The gigantic sand dunes in Cronulla, Sydney – close to the so-called birthplace of modern Australia – date back to mesolithic times. But over the past century they have been steadily encroached upon by human activity
As sea levels rise and streets begin to flood, South Florida confronts a bleak future.
Source: Miami is Flooding – The New Yorker