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…
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…
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,…
BY ELIZABETH MILLER No, really, take a breath in. And then another. And then one more. At least one of those three breaths was supplied by the ocean. About half of the air we breathe comes from phytoplankton in the ocean. Just in case you weren’t convinced that what’s in…
When you first meet Julio Solis, you may think he’s just another member of the Baja Vigilantes crew – and he probably wouldn’t have it any other way. But Julio has had to stand apart from his culture, his community, and even his family upbringing to stand up for Magdalena…
