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
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
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
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
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
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
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
VIA – LEDGER INQUIRER NOAA listing Gulf dolphin death information on website By Karen Nelson — Sun Herald Posted: 6:14pm on Apr 2, 2012; Modified: 7:52am on Apr 3, 2012 GULFPORT, Miss. — NOAA Fisheries has responded to the cry for information in this year’s string of dolphin deaths in the northern Gulf that … Continue reading NOAA listing Gulf dolphin death information on website
VIA – HONOLULU CIVIC BEAT Oahu Surf Report Posted by Civil Beat Staff on 03/26/2012 at 7:58AM HST (10 hours ago) Mostly cloudy with E- but mostly NE trades 15-25. Scattered windward showers today. Country: Continues to drop to Flat-2’ on a NNE angle. North facing reefs see occ. 2.5-3’ sets. Sunset & Pipe … Continue reading Oahu Surf Report #SurfReport
VIA – UT SAN DIEGO Cameras deployed to track surf changes A regional beach sand replenishment project scheduled to start by summer 2012 will be similar to the first large-scale effort on local beaches in 2001. Dan Trevan/Union-Tribune Written by Mike Lee noon, Jan. 28, 2012 San Diego Surfrider is deploying high-tech tools to … Continue reading SAN DIEGO: Cameras deployed to track surf changes
VIA – PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Surf’s up: Group keeps lookout for tsunami debris on area beaches By Arwen Rice Peninsula Daily News NEAH BAY — If there is anyone who knows about beach debris, it’s surfers. Surfers often travel the world seeking the perfect wave — but to get to the waves, they … Continue reading Surf's up: Group keeps lookout for tsunami debris on area beaches