Entries for date "June 2012"
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wallacejnichols
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June 27, 2012
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Think of the shark. If you've been paying attention all these years you know that like a conveyor belt a shark can continuously replace lost teeth over and over again. A shark's body is covered with dermal "teeth" that give it hydrodynamic advantages. Pores connected to nerves act as a…
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wallacejnichols
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June 20, 2012
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Life Is A Wave, the annual fundraiser hosted by Save The Waves Coalition, once again washed through the halls of 111 Minna Gallery in downtown San Francisco on Friday night, June 15th. The sixth annual bash raised $60,000 for Save The Waves' environmental programs, to further protect and preserve surfing…
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wallacejnichols
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June 19, 2012
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Save The Waves Founder Will Henry (l) with 2012 Wave Saver Award recipient Wallace J. Nichols (r). Photo courtesy of Sam Henderson > June 19, 2012 12:44 PM Press Release: “Life Is A Wave” Makes Big Splash in San Francisco Save The Waves raises $60K at annual fundraiser to protect…
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wallacejnichols
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June 19, 2012
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Since early June, the city of Long Beach, in Southern California, has reported "three or four different kinds of Styrofoam," and "lots of plastic bottles" arriving at beaches in heretofore unseen quantities. These "foam chunks" are believed to be the first wave of debris arriving as a result of the…
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wallacejnichols
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June 18, 2012
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Dr Wallace J Nichols, a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences, told Al Jazeera he finds plastic on every beach he visits across the globe, and added, "Probably every sea turtle on the planet interacts with plastic at some point in its life." According to the Association Terranostra,…
