Climate Change

Greenland ice sheet on course to lose ice at fastest rate in 12,000 years, study finds

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The Greenland ice sheet is on track to lose mass at about four times the fastest rate observed over the past 12,000 years.

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Plastic Pollution

Beautiful Bali: Plastic bags, bottles and other trash entangled in spent fishing nets litter the Jimbaran beach on the island of Bali, Indonesia, 2014 (by Onny Carr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

These countries produce the most plastic pollution in our oceans – and they’re not the ones you might have guessed – the Independent

Art + Science

Sunset On The Klamath River (by Linda Tanner CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Undammed: Amy Bowers Cordalis and the fight to free the Klamath − Patagonia Flims

Sand Mining

Sand extraction in Villeneuve-sur-Verberie, France, c 1910 (Dury, editor, Public domain, via Wikimedia).

A Civilization Built on Sand – Le Figaro

SL Rise | Climate Change

Climate change is fueling hurricane intensification (courtesy of Climate Central).

Climate change made all of this year’s Atlantic hurricanes so much worse – Grist

Coastal Care JR

Cover of "Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall" (Illustration by By Jason Chin, courtesy of Neal Porter Books via PenguinRandomHouse.com).

Little Books with Big Subjects – Hakai Magazine

Ecosystem Destruction

Polyethylene heat welded sculpture made to demonstrate the great Oceanic Gyres created by waste. This artwork is part of a collection titled "The creation of Plastikos" (by Simon MAX Bannister, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia).

Surprising Creatures Lurk in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – Scientific American

Shoreline Armoring

An aerial view of the damage Hurricane Ike inflicted upon Gilchrist, Texas (by Jocelyn Augusitno/FEMA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).

Shelter from the Storm – Science

Problematic Development

Anini Beach, 2018 (by Alan Grinberg CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flicker).

Hawaii homeowner hired security to kick people off Kauai beach – SFGate