While 100 year waves – at up to 14 metres in height – may not be what many seafarers wish to encounter, their now greater frequency could be just the news some surfers are waiting to hear.
Now measurements from a deep-water buoy moored off the Oregon coast since the mid-1970s indicate that the “100-year” [...]

A little similar to Katie Paterson recording the sound of glaciers melting, and pressed onto records of frozen ice no less, Berlin composer and sound artist Andreas Bick has recorded the sounds made by a frozen lake.
Frozen lakes are known to give off most noise during major fluctuations in temperature: the ice expands or [...]

A slightly eerie collection of empty and disused swimming pools, from the “no lifeguard on duty” photo series by J Bennett Fitts.

In the spirit of the Voyager space probes, which are carrying messages from humanity into the cosmos, Good Magazine is giving readers the chance to be involved in a project to send “a message of optimism out to sea”.
Rather than dispatching messages via a space craft though, a slightly less sophisticated method of transmission will [...]

Some incredible photos of the often dangerous sulfur mining carried out at the Kawah Ijen Volcano in East Java, Indonesia, including a lake filled with water that has the same acidity as car battery solution.
Kawah Ijen is one of the most incredible and surreal places I’ve ever visited. It’s the site of a labor intensive [...]

Another of Good Magazine’s clever graphics this time depicting the amount of water required to operate household appliances or to produce some basic foods.
Thought provoking.

Set sail for the lake-house upon Lake Windermere.

Not sure if this idea will catch on… water bottles made out of paper.
Nice design though, I wonder if a certain MP3 and video player had any influence in this regard?

Advice I’ve heard a number of times in regards to drinking bottled water is that switching brands every couple of months is a good idea.
Apparently the chemical and mineral content of bottled water varies between bottlers, and the water source, so drinking a variety of products is helpful in balancing these naturally occurring “additives” [...]

I’m sure we could all do more to reduce water uasge, whether we be an individual or a corporation, but news that troubled coffee chain Starbucks leaves a tap running all day in all its stores must make anyone trying to conserve water gasp in bewilderment.
Starbucks leaves a tap running all day in each of [...]