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♥ May 19th, 2013

My little cousin Kepa graduated highschool today! So proud :)

♥ May 18th, 2013

♥ May 18th, 2013

unknown-endangered:

What is coral bleaching?
Coral bleaching is a serious problem facing corals all over the world. It is a general stress response of corals, and is the result of several different factors, especially increasing sea temperature. This causes the zooxanthellae, or symbiotic algae that live with the coral, to be expelled. The coral becomes white or “bleached”, and is unable to obtain the nutrients it needs, as it relies on its photosynthetic zooxanthellae.
Increasing sea temperatures are the cause of mass bleaching, but the following threats are responsible for small-scale bleaching:
Decline in zooplankton, causing starvation.
Ocean acidification.
Bacterial infections.
Changes in ocean salinity.
The most severely affected coral reefs include the Great Barrier Reef, reefs in the Indian Ocean, around the Maldives, Seychelles, and Hawaii. Up to 90% of corals have been lost from these locations.
A huge range of sea life depends on coral reefs for survival, so the disappearance of the corals would have a dire effect on the oceans. In turn, this would impact on many people who rely on the sea for their food and livelihoods.
Photo: John Pascal.

♥ May 17th, 2013

steepravine:

Gregarious Orange Waffle Mushrooms On A Stick
Cutest mushrooms ever found in the most beautiful place in the world.
(Waipio Valley. Big Island, Hawaii - 2/2013)

♥ May 17th, 2013

nbcnews:

Oldest water on Earth found deep underground
(Photo: B. Sherwood Lollar et al.)
A pocket of water some 2.6 billion years old — the most ancient pocket of water known by far, older even than the dawn of multicellular life — has now been discovered in a mine, near the city of Timmins in Ontario, Canada, 2 miles below the Earth’s surface.
The finding, announced in the May 16 issue of the journal Nature, raises the tantalizing possibility that ancient life might be found deep underground not only within Earth, but in similar oases that may exist on Mars, the scientists who studied the water said…
Read the complete story.

♥ May 17th, 2013

rhamphotheca:

Cats on the Brink - Endangered Felids: Clouded Leopard

by Jaymi Heimbuch
The Clouded Leopard has been in the news recently because it has been declared extinct in its native Taiwan. After over a decade of searching, researchers couldn’t find a shred of evidence that the cat still lives in the country.
Thankfully, the species still exists in other areas of Southeast Asia, though total numbers are estimated to be less than 10,000. Because of this, they have been listed as vulnerable to extinction (not endangered, but close to it), since 2008. The main threats against them, of course, are human-made — habitat loss from large–scale deforestation, and commercial poaching for the wildlife trade.
(read more: TreeHugger) (photo: Wikipedia)

♥ May 17th, 2013

2013 ROC National Diners’ Guide to Ethical Eating →

posttragicmulatto:

Â WE ALL ENJOY EATING OUT. Unfortunately, the workers who cook, prepare, and serveÂ our food suffer from poverty wages, a lack of basic benefits like paid sick days,Â and often have little or no ch…

As someone who loves several people who work in the restaurant industry I completely agree.

(via fuckyeahfeminists)

♥ May 17th, 2013

♥ May 16th, 2013

Emma the sleepy puppy 🐶

♥ May 15th, 2013

♥ May 15th, 2013

lovegoodvibes:

Mhm

♥ May 15th, 2013

I love living 5 minutes away from this 😍

♥ May 15th, 2013

After interview #poke #cheapanddelicious #treatyoself

♥ May 14th, 2013

The realization that Jason Momoa is Hawaiian = OMFG OF COURSE YES PLEASE