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• Interview with Writer and Budding Anthropologist Peter Rudiak-Gould

  
  The Mindful Tourist — Authority: 113
  The Mindful Tourist is thrilled to have been able to sit down (virtually) with Peter Rudiak-Gould, author of Surviving Paradise, a memoir we  recently reviewed right here on this site.  We talked with Peter about his new book, his experiences on Ujae, and his travels.  Mindful Tourist: As I mentioned in ...
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• Rose Atoll, A World Treasure in Peril

  
  Phillip Colla Photography — Authority: 121
  by Phillip Colla and Harrison “Skip” Stubbs, Ph.D . This post was originally published in Ocean Realm Magazine in the Spring 1997 issue, one of a series of articles I contributed to Ocean Realm in the ’90s. In August 1995 a thirteen-member inter-agency scientific team of which Skip and I were a part ...
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• American Environmental Engineers Say Planning Saved Lives in Samoan Tsunami

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 442
  “The last significant tsunami in Samoa occurred in 1917 and was very similar in seismology to the Sept. 29 tsunami. Surprisingly, no one I interviewed said they knew of family members being in a similar situation,” Okal said. “Since the
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• Your Child is Being Corrupted by Spongebob Squarepants!

  
  Watch Movie Online — Authority: 131
  It’s been a long time since we first met Spongebob Squarepants in 1999, though there doesn’t seem to be much talk about the awful things he continues to do to our poor little childrens’ minds on a daily basis. Where are the throngs of protesters chanting catchy slogans? Where is the Senatorial debate? Why do we ...
  6 days ago

• In Tuamotu, Maxima Clams are the Reef Builders

  
  Reef Builders -The Reef Aquarium Blog — Authority: 142
  Tuamotu Maxima clams are the hottest thing to hit the Tridacna reef scene since the Maxea hybrids from earlier in the year. This past week a shipment of large magnificent Tridacna maxima was imported into the U.S. by Pacific Aqua Farms from atoll lagoons of East Tuamotu, a very special ecoregion for Maxima ...
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• Lessons on resource mobilization

  
  Going against the current — Authority: 124
  http://powerofgiving.comI am a witness to my parent’s power to mobilize resources at quickest possible time, with efficiency that could even rival that of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.We were in the middle of a very late breakfast when my parents proved to me again something that I am all too aware even ...
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• Victims of the Pacific Trash Gyre

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  Midway by Chris Jordan Have you ever seen 500 people stunned into a complete and devastated silence? Photographer Chris Jordan shared a sobering tale of his journey to Midway Atoll with the Poptech conference on Thursday, where he captured horrifying images of baby birds killed by plastic from the Pacific Trash Gyre . ...
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• The Sea is Not Full… Yet

  
  Born Again Bird Watcher — Authority: 121
  So saith the Preacher: All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again . ( Ecclesiastes , chapter 1, verse 7) Ten miles from where I was born and raised, and seventy-five miles from where my family and I now live, one can stand on the ...
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• This Weekend is All About Plastic

  
  Fake Plastic Fish — Authority: 573
  I’m leaving tonight for a last minute trip to Los Angeles to participate in activities of the newly formed Plastic Pollution Coalition , of which I am privileged to be an advisor. Whether you live in the L.A. area or not, there are ways to participate. Is Plastic Washed Up? We think so. And it’s the title ...
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• NASAs TRMM sees some heavy rains in Neki as it heads toward Johnston Island

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 616
  NASAs Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has been flying over Tropical Storm Neki in the Central Pacific Ocean and providing scientists with an idea of how much rainfall Johnston Island can expect from it.
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• If these images don’t encourage you to recycle… nothing will.

  
  Inside, Looking Out — Authority: 422
  These haunting images taken by nature photographer Chris Jordan on the remote island of Midway Atoll show the decomposing bodies of albatross chicks, fed a steady diet of human trash until they met their quick and untimely end. If these images don’t make you think twice before throwing that piece of trash out your ...
  3 weeks ago

• If these images don’t encourage you to recycle… nothing will.

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  These haunting images taken by nature photographer Chris Jordan on the remote island of Midway Atoll show the decomposing bodies of albatross chicks, fed a steady diet of human trash until they met their quick and untimely end. If these images don’t make you think twice before throwing that piece of trash out your ...
  3 weeks ago

• Where does all of your discarded plastic go?

  
  Daily Contributor — Authority: 551
  While browsing the web, I came across these devastating photographs which show the effects of pollution on seabirds. The pictures were taken by Chris Jordan on Midway Atoll , an island in the North Pacific Ocean near the Hawaiian archipelago. These disturbing images show what adult birds are feeding to their ...
  3 weeks ago

• Maldives Government Hold Global Warming Meeting Underwater

  
  Big Blue Tech News — Authority: 426
  With fish darting amongst them in a blue lagoon, the Maldivian president and his top team have staged an elaborate stunt to publicise climate change.Billed as the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting, President Mohamed Nasheed and 11 ministers, decked in scuba gear, held a meeting 4m (13ft) underwater.While ...
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• Ashes to ashes, dust to plastic

  
  Not My Tribe — Authority: 486
  Amazing photo essay by Chris Jordan, visit to Midway Atoll: Albatross chicks dead by plastic. Related posts Ten reasons to oppose I-70 expansion (0) Turning the economic corner to what? (0) Scenes from the road: SE Colorado (2) Tulane kicks Kimberly-Clark off campus! (3) Earth First! Destroy ...
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• 4 Natural Wonders Of Africa

  
  Fun Facts — Authority: 440
  The oldest continent, the first human(form) was born there, The Great Continent Of Africa. Unlike many other continents, in Africa the nature is still blooming everywhere. Here  are few of the most stunning scenes there.Sahara Desert, the world’s largest hot desert. The most famous desert in the world, the Sahara ...
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• Midway: Message from the Gyre

  
  Foglio's Field Notes — Authority: 103
  These just-released photos by Chris Jordan show with horrifying beauty the impact that plastic pollution is having on millions of seabirds in one of the remotest corners of the planet, Midway Atoll, a tiny island northwest of Hawaii. Here is Chris’ statement about the photos, from his website : These ...
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• The residents of Majuro Atoll new something was afoot

  
  Fengtastic! — Authority: 121
  [IMG: http://www.fengtastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/neighborhood-1.jpg]
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