Breaking Waves: Ocean News

From LED bulbs to living plants: German theatre tackles climate crisis on and off stage

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:49:12 +0000

With tickets doubling as public transport passes and recycled props, Hans Otto Theater is embracing a €3m federal project to make culture climate neutral

A handful of Spanish conquistadors fight through thick undergrowth to emerge in the ivy-clad ruins of a fallen civilisation during a rehearsal of Austrian playwright Thomas Köck’s Your Palaces Are Empty.

Premiered last month at the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam, south-west of Berlin, the bleak and unforgiving drama probes the wounds of a shattered capitalist world that has exploited its people and the planet’s resources.

Coalition to impose ‘cap’ on renewable energy investment, Nationals leader says

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:16:45 +0000

David Littleproud claims Australia doesn’t need ‘large-scale industrial windfarms’ like the planned offshore zone south of Sydney

I am so obsessed with seahorses, I had 26 tanks full of them in my home

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:00:11 +0000

The founder of the Seahorse Trust explains how his life-long fascination with the enigmatic creatures helped us to understand and protect them

I saw a seahorse for the first time when I was 14. There is something very unfishlike about the way seahorses swim upright, and their constantly moving eyes – it made me feel completely in awe of them. Fifty-one years later, and that feeling has never gone away. Even now, if I’m on a dive and I see one, I find it amazing.

Beavers create habitat suitable for water voles in Scottish rainforest

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 05:00:10 +0000

Beavers’ dams have created more places for water voles to hide from predators and hopefully flourish, say experts

Beavers reintroduced to a Scottish rainforest 15 years ago may have created the right habitat for the area’s endangered water voles to flourish.

‘There’s 20% more methane than they thought’: new data confirms Australia has been undercounting cattle

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 03:28:03 +0000

The Australian Bureau of Statistics updated its methodology and says there are 4 million more cattle than previously estimated

At least 14 pilgrims die during hajj pilgrimage amid soaring temperatures

admin — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 23:18:32 +0000

Jordanians died in Saudi Arabia after suffering heatstroke, said officials, with temperatures reaching 47C in Mecca

At least 14 Jordanian pilgrims have died while on the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as temperatures soar in the kingdom.

Jordan’s foreign ministry said “14 Jordanian pilgrims died and 17 others were missing” during the performance of hajj rituals. It said its nationals had died “after suffering sun stroke due to the extreme heatwave” and that it had coordinated with Saudi authorities to bury the dead in Saudi Arabia, or transfer them to Jordan.

Labour’s green plans will create 650,000 jobs, says Rachel Reeves

admin — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:30:00 +0000

Party begins week of campaigning on economy under pressure to say if it will raise taxes to pay for £7.3bn plans

Labour will create more than 650,000 jobs with its green investment plans, Rachel Reeves has said, as the party kickstarts a week of campaigning on the economy.

The UK shadow chancellor has revealed new details about the £7.3bn green investment vehicle that Labour intends to create after the election, saying it will help create hundreds of thousands of new industrial jobs.

Climate 200 names nine new Coalition seats where it hopes to replicate teal wave at next election

admin — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 15:00:54 +0000

Exclusive: After months of speculation the fundraising giant has identified more electorates where independent campaigns meet its criteria for support

US braces for ‘dangerous’ conditions as heatwave to hit midwest and north-east

admin — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 14:39:00 +0000

Meteorologists warn that heat will spread east through the week, with ‘heat dome’ expected to trap high temperatures

Millions of Americans are facing “dangerously hot conditions”, the National Weather Service said, with a heatwave set to hit the midwest and north-east US from Monday.

Revealed: students at top private schools have 10 times more green space than state pupils

admin — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 12:00:48 +0000

Guardian investigation finds pupils at England’s wealthiest schools have much greater access to land, with implications for mental health