Category Archives: Surface Water

Ingenious 19-year-old Develops Plan to Clean up Oceans in 5 Years #Environment

VIA – TRUE ACTIVIST   September 13, 2013 | Filed under: Environment,News | Posted by: Amanda Froelich Image Credit / boyanslat.com By: Amanda Froelich, True Activist. With millions of tons of garbage dumped into the oceans annually and repeat incidence of oil spills like the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, it’s the Ocean which has taken the … Continue reading Ingenious 19-year-old Develops Plan to Clean up Oceans in 5 Years #Environment

Mercury fingerprint of Pacific fish points to Asia coal power plants #Fishing #SurfReport

VIA – LA TIMES   Opah, also called moonfish, were one of nine fish species analyzed in a new study that looked at how mercury gets into open-ocean fish and why the levels vary with depth. (C. Anela Choy / University of Hawaii / August 27, 2013)   By Geoffrey Mohan August 28, 2013, 6:15 … Continue reading Mercury fingerprint of Pacific fish points to Asia coal power plants #Fishing #SurfReport

INCREDIBLE VIDEO: How I held my breath for 17 min #SurfReport #Magic #TedTalks

Fing incredible:     http://www.ted.com In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes — a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) — and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try … Continue reading INCREDIBLE VIDEO: How I held my breath for 17 min #SurfReport #Magic #TedTalks

Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Caught Off California Coast

VIA – SAMUEL WARDE.COM August 24, 2013 | Filed under: Energy,Environment,Headliner,Health,News,Uncategorized | Posted by: Ann Werner Every bluefin tuna tested in the waters off California has shown to be contaminated with radiation that originated in Fukushima. Every single one.Over a year ago, in May of 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported on a Stanford University … Continue reading Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Caught Off California Coast

Bethany Hamilton Marries Adam Dirks

VIA – PEOPLE   By Sheila Cosgrove Baylis 08/19/2013 at 11:15 AM EDT   Bethany Hamilton is ready to ride the next wave in her life: marriage. The Soul Surfer author, who inspired millions when she refused to give up surfing despite losing her left arm in a shark attack, married fiancé Adam Dirks in … Continue reading Bethany Hamilton Marries Adam Dirks

2 Orange County men rescue woman from shark attack in Maui #SurfReport #Dive

    VIA – ABC 7       Friday, August 16, 2013 LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A pair of Orange County men came to the aid of a woman who lost an arm in a shark attack in Hawaii. The men jumped into shark-infested waters off Maui after hearing the woman’s cries for help. … Continue reading 2 Orange County men rescue woman from shark attack in Maui #SurfReport #Dive

Photographer Captures Waves of Trash in Indonesia #SurfReport #Photography #Environment

  ARGGGHHH!!!   VIA – HUFF POST The Huffington Post  |  By Gabriela Aoun   |  Posted: 08/10/13 EDT  |  Updated: 08/13/13 EDT Waves for days. Trash for eternity. That’s what photographer Zak Noyle discovered on a recent trip to Java, Indonesia. The waves of Java, always known for being pristine and barreling, were now rolling swells of … Continue reading Photographer Captures Waves of Trash in Indonesia #SurfReport #Photography #Environment