Matthew Schwartz, South Florida Wildlands Association. Some of Florida's gorgeous beaches now look like something out of the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Who's to blame? And what can we do to make sure this never happens again?

Dr. Leroy Chiao PhD, Former NASA Astronaut & International Space Station Commander joins Thom. Earlier today - at 3:18 Greenwich Mean Time - NASAs "Juno" spacecraft successfully reached Jupiter and entered the gas giants orbit. Scott Bolton - principle investigator for the Juno mission described his relief when orbit was achieved - telling The Guardian that "There's a mixture of tension and anxiety because this is such a critical manoeuvre … The rocket motor has to burn at the right time, in the right direction, for just the right amount of time.” It took the spaceship 5 years to make the 1.8 billion mile trip from Earth to Jupiter and The Juno probe is equipped with 29 sensors and 9 instruments that will study the planet for the next 20 months. The probe will be making a map of the planet before its instruments finally fail and the probe falls to Jupiter's surface.

On tonight’s inaugural Big Picture Science Show Thom looks back at some of the best science stories from the week: His interview with climatologist Michael Mann on how we really don’t need climate data anymore because of the constant extreme weather events, how technology can help the Syrian refugees make their journey safer with Third Wave Volunteers’ Alison Thompson, how we can get to 100% renewable energy with Post Carbo

Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel joins Thom. Yesterday the Senate passed the so-called PROMESA to help Puerto Rico restructure its debt. This bill is being heavily criticized as "neo-colonial.”