Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Canada wildfires: huge queues on highway as thousands evacuate oil town – video

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 15:36:52 +0000

Footage on social media showed roads full of cars evacuating the suburbs of Fort McMurray in the western Canadian province of Alberta. A growing blaze threatened the city and its surroundings, which experienced devastating fires in 2016. Local officials have ordered thousands to evacuate as the fire grows in size and strength, with winds fanning the flames. 'We’re seeing extreme fire behaviour. Smoke columns are developing and the skies are covered in smoke. Firefighters have been pulled from the fire line for safety reasons,' Josee St-Onge of Alberta Wildfire told reporters

Australia’s budget has ‘gaping hole’ in funds for DV victims, environment and housing, advocates say

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 15:00:43 +0000

Labor touts cost of living package as ‘substantial’ but advocates say changes are inadequate

Snakes, donkey heads, a dead cow: the odd things found in recycling – and how they should be disposed of

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 15:00:42 +0000

Most Australians don’t know what to do with their dead pets, vapes and lightbulbs, a waste survey has found

Devon residents told to boil tap water over risk of parasitic disease

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 14:12:22 +0000

South West Water has detected ‘small traces’ of parasite in drinking supply that can cause diarrhoea-type disease

Boil your tap water before you drink it, residents in Devon have been told, after 22 cases of a parasitic disease were confirmed.

South West Water has detected what it calls “small traces” of a parasite that can cause a diarrhoea-type disease in the drinking supply around the town of Brixham.

I swapped my south LA lawn for a verdant microfarm - now I feed the neighborhood

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 14:00:41 +0000

Read more from The DIY Climate Changers, a new series on everyday people’s creative solutions to the climate crisis

More than 200 authors renew call for Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuel

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 11:56:02 +0000

Fossil Free Books’ statement also demands that the book festival sponsor stops investing in ‘companies that profit from Israeli apartheid, occupation and genocide’

‘Someone is going to die’: MPs warned of E coli risk to swimmers in English waters

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 11:30:18 +0000

Clean river campaigner says pollution poses threat as Labour MP calls for water industry to be taken into public ownership

A clean river campaigner has warned of a serious risk someone will die from swimming in English rivers and seas because of the level of E coli from water pollution.

Four kids left: The Thai school swallowed by the sea – video

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 10:47:18 +0000

Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population. Currently, there are only four students attending the school, often leaving just one in each classroom. The village has experienced severe coastal erosion, causing 1.1-2km (0.5-1.2 miles) of shoreline to disappear since the mid-1950s

How do you follow My Octopus Teacher? With crocodiles, otters and a new book

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 10:23:38 +0000

Oscar-winning film-maker Craig Foster on his first octopus encounter, the price of fame and his new video book about the power of connecting with animals

Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of almost 2m cars, researchers say

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:40 +0000

Free-roaming animals reintroduced in Romania’s Țarcu mountains are stimulating plant growth and securing carbon stored in the soil while grazing

A herd of 170 bison reintroduced to Romania’s Țarcu mountains could help store CO2 emissions equivalent to removing almost 2m cars from the road for a year, research has found, demonstrating how the animals help mitigate the worst effects of the climate crisis.