Breaking Waves: Ocean News

UK weather: flood warnings in place as more heavy rain is forecast

admin — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:35:24 +0000

The south-east of England could also see lightning, winds of up to 50mph and even ‘isolated, brief tornadoes’

Parts of the UK have been hit by further flash floods and the Met Office has warned of more heavy rain throughout the evening and into Friday morning.

The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (Torro) is also forecasting that much of the south-east of England could see lightning, winds up to 50mph and even “isolated brief tornadoes”. This includes much of East Anglia, the south-east Midlands and central southern England.

Hurricane Helene intensifies to category 4 storm ahead of Florida landfall

admin — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:52:44 +0000

Forecasters warn that storm, one of the most powerful to hit the US this year, could create a ‘nightmare’

Tell us: have you been affected by Hurricane Helene?

Hurricane Helene strengthened to a catastrophic category 4 storm as it barreled toward Florida’s Gulf coast, making it one of the most powerful storms to hit the US this year.

Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws across the US

admin — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:00:16 +0000

Lobbyists and lawmakers have coordinated to enact new laws that increase criminal penalties for peaceful protests

Fossil fuel lobbyists coordinated with lawmakers behind the scenes and across state lines to push and shape laws that are escalating a crackdown on peaceful protests against oil and gas expansion, a new Guardian investigation reveals.

Great news, everybody! We’re about to be over-run by giant spiders | Nell Frizzell

admin — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:00:11 +0000

It’s that time of year when homes fill with hairy eight-legged monsters. At least they keep the flies under control …

Britain’s tropical rain and parched Amazon are new norms in a messed-up climate | Jonathan Watts

admin — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:57:46 +0000

On my return to the UK from Brazil I’ve seen how northern latitudes are behaving like the equatorial margins

Returning to British suburbia from the Brazilian Amazon is always disconcerting, but it has been doubly weird in the past few days because the London commuter belt has been inundated with volumes of rain that normally belong in the tropics.

‘Thrown like a rag doll’: British tourist narrowly survives hippo attack in Zambia

admin — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:49:45 +0000

Roland Cherry, from Warwickshire, sustained severe bite wounds after being mauled by animal during safari

A man narrowly survived after being dragged to the bottom of a river and “thrown through the air like a rag doll” when he was attacked by hippo while canoeing on holiday in Zambia.

Roland Cherry, who was on a five-week holiday through southern Africa with his wife, Shirley, sustained severe bite wounds across his body, including a 25cm (10in) wound to his abdomen, as well as a thigh injury and dislocated shoulder in the attack.

‘Chucky goes north’: Rochdale reacts to arrival of ‘creepy’ giant baby

admin — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:32:39 +0000

Lilly, an 8.5-metre tall puppet designed to help children talk about the environment, provokes mixed response

They say it is rude to comment on a baby’s appearance but that has not stopped the residents of Rochdale, who awoke on Wednesday to a “freaky” new arrival.

Lilly, an 8.5-metre tall puppet designed to help children talk about the environment, went on display in the town centre to a somewhat bewildered response.

Comedy wildlife photography awards 2024 – in pictures

admin — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:00:27 +0000

Loved-up brown bears and whispering raccoons feature in this light-hearted look at a selection of finalists from the Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards. A winner will be announced on 10 December

‘You could single-handedly push it to extinction’: how social media is putting our rarest wildlife at risk

admin — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 06:00:26 +0000

From breeding spots overrun by visitors to photographers disturbing endangered species, experts say the rarer the find is, the bigger the problem

With its impressive size, striking plumage and rowdy displays, sighting a capercaillie is many birders’ dream. Only about 530 of the large woodland grouse survive in the wild, most in Scotland’s Cairngorms national park.

UK will need to double nature protection funding to meet targets, new data shows

admin — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 05:00:25 +0000

Carbon Brief says more than £800m will need to be spent in each of the next two years

The UK government has been failing to meet its commitments to fund nature protection in the developing world, and will need to double current spending to meet the targets, new data has shown.

Underspending on overseas climate aid by the previous Conservative government has meant spending averaged £450m a year for the three full years since 2021 – less than half the £3bn that was pledged for nature projects in poor countries.