Bill Wurtz made this fun and informative 9-minute history of Japan.
Marshall Islands fights for climate action in Paris as sea level rise swallows the island nation
Source: Marshall Islands push for climate action in Paris
Explosion killed 11 workers, spewed 134 million gallons of oil, and fouled the coastline.
Source: Manslaughter charges dropped in BP spill case—nobody from BP will go to prison
The fate of 70 million people rests on the Mekong river. With crucial UN climate talks in Paris next week, John Vidal journeys down south-east Asia’s vast waterway and meets people affected by climate change, dams, deforestation and urbanisation
Source: The Mekong river: stories from the heart of the climate crisis
This [NSFW] 1968 anti-war animated film by Disney legend Ward Kimball is as timely as ever
https://vimeo.com/141974643
Opponents of $250m project on island Barbuda say the government is trampling on citizens’ rights by approving project under new celebrity-incentive law
Source: Robert De Niro’s plan for Caribbean mega-resort opposed by island residents
Bruce’s Beach and the Inkwell served as sites of leisure, agency, community, and controversy, and demonstrate the complex racial history of the Golden State.
Source: Fighting for Leisure: African Americans, Beaches, and Civil Rights in Early 20th Century L.A.
Come explore these corals in 3D (no SCUBA certification required)
Source: Corals, Now Playing in 3D
In June 1943, L.A. witnessed some of its most surreal scenes of street violence: sailors coursing through the city streets in their Navy uniforms, carrying sticks and targeting anyone wearing a zoot suit.
Source: Los Angeles’ 1943 War on the Zoot Suit
Source: 25% of people shot to death by LA police were unarmed. No cops were prosecuted.
Source: Bottle Up will das Glasmüll-Problem in Sansibar lösen
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There’s a secret world of hidden independent nations, with their own populations, governments – and football leagues. In fact, you’ve almost certainly visited one without realising.
Source: The countries that don’t exist
Millions of people around the world live in “energy poverty,” including 15-year-old Hannah Herbst’s pen pal in Ethiopia.
Source: This Ninth Grader Invented A Device That Harvests Power From Ocean Waves
In November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga went fishing off the coast of Mexico. Two days later, a storm hit and he made a desperate SOS. It was the last anyone heard from him – for 438 days. This is his story
Source: Lost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months
…an area roughly the size of Maryland—drifted into the Caribbean. So much of this floating brown algae has been washing ashore that beaches are positively blanketed in stinky, rotting piles that are more than a few feet deep.
Source: Formerly pristine Caribbean beaches are blanketed in stinky, rotting piles of seaweed
George Orwell thought they were ‘sex maniacs’. They thought they were spiritual samurai, rebuilding Britain after the Great War. With their magical rituals, outdoor living and utopian vision, they are the most fascinating of forgotten youth movements – and their ideas still resonate
German surfer Sebastian Steudtner rides a speed run display on a massive wave at Praia do Norté in Portugal on Tuesday
Source: German surfer Sebastian Steudtner rides huge wave in Portugal – video | Sport | The Guardian
A great tract of Earth is on fire and threatened species are being driven out of their habitats. This is a crime against humanity and nature
Law of Mother Earth expected to prompt radical new conservation and social measures in South American nation
Source: Bolivia enshrines natural world’s rights with equal status for Mother Earth
‘Unless the world acts decisively in coming weeks, the Pacific as we know it is doomed,’ says Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama
Come for the shipwrecks, stay for the ecological treasures
Source: Come for the shipwrecks, stay for the ecological treasures
Source: Which Presidential candidates are climate change deniers? / Boing Boing
The Food / Beverage community provides an interactive environment to share breaking news and product information for professionals in pre-clinical drug development.
Source: Food / Beverage – The Online Scientific Community – News
Back in the 1990’s, Exxon was publicly taking the position that the scientific research on global warming was contradictory and too sketchy to act upon. But, at the same time, its own researchers were quietly incorporating some of those scientific conclusions into the company’s operational forecasts.
Source: What Exxon knew about the Earth’s melting Arctic
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Source: Magicseaweed.com
“Borneo from Below” brings dazzling footage of the life aquatic in the South China Sea
Source: “Borneo from Below” brings dazzling footage of the life aquatic in the South China Sea
Over the past 40 years, we have killed off 50% of marine life through overfishing, habitat destruction and climate change. But the international spotlight and a change in policy mean things are looking up
Source: The eco guide to the ocean | Lucy Siegle | Environment | The Guardian
Coalition of Fiji, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Tokelau ask wealthy nations to help their people migrate and find work if they have to flee because of rising sea levels
The Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands is a hulking legacy of years of US nuclear testing. Now locals and scientists are warning that rising sea levels caused by climate change could cause 111,000 cubic yards of debris to spill into the ocean
Source: This dome in the Pacific houses tons of radioactive waste – and it’s leaking