Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Three die in Spain as extreme temperatures grip Europe – live updates

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:13:08 +0000

Two people killed in Catalan wildfires and a child reportedly succumbs to heatstroke in a car in the region

Political cowardice hindering Europe’s climate efforts

in Berlin

Temperatures are expected to surge close to the 40-degree Celsius mark across much of Germany on Wednesday, and could break the all-time record for Germany of 41.2 degrees, set in July 2019.

US vet uses cod skin to save bald eagle in time for Fourth of July

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:00:02 +0000

Adult raptor was found with one of its legs ripped open from knee to ankle and appearing severely underweight

A veterinarian saved the life of a badly injured American bald eagle using a pioneering fish skin graft procedure more commonly used for human wound, releasing the bird back into the wild in a symbolic act ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

How Mamdani connects climate policy to his affordability agenda as he runs for New York mayor

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:00:02 +0000

Many of the democratic socialist’s policies aim to slash carbon emissions and boost environmental justice

As she canvassed for Zohran Mamdani in New York City on Tuesday last week, Batul Hassan should have been elated. The mayoral candidate – a 33-year-old state assemblymember – was surging in the polls and would within hours soundly defeat Andrew Cuomo on first preference votes in the Democratic primary election.

Google undercounts its carbon emissions, report finds

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Research says Google’s carbon emissions went up by 65% between 2019-2024, not 51% as the tech giant had claimed

In 2021, Google set a lofty goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. Yet in the years since then, the company has moved in the opposite direction as it invests in energy-intensive artificial intelligence. In its latest sustainability report, Google said its carbon emissions had increased 51% between 2019 and 2024.

‘Tiny melodies’: musician uses moths’ flight data to compose piece about their decline

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:00:08 +0000

Ellie Wilson’s piece titled Moth x Human assigns different sounds to the species on Parsonage Down in Salisbury

They are vital pollinators who come out at night, but now moths have emerged into the bright light of day as co-creators of a new piece of music – composed using the insects’ own flight data.

Ellie Wilson composed Moth x Human in a protected habitat on Parsonage Down in Salisbury, Wiltshire. She assigned each of the 80 resident moth species a different sound, which was triggered when it landed on her monitor.

More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:01:05 +0000

Farmers warn of risk to Britain’s food supply as more than three-quarters take hit to income from extreme weather

More than 80% of UK farmers are worried that the “devastating” effect of the climate crisis could damage their ability to make a living, a study has found.

Farmers have warned that global heating risks Britain’s supplies of home-grown food amid wild swings in weather conditions, in new research carried out by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).

NSW weather: storm brings 13-metre high waves and wild winds as BoM warns of ‘second surge’

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:50:45 +0000

Vigorous coastal low forecast to keep sending severe weather across eastern New South Wales for much of Wednesday, before gradually easing on Thursday

Key climate change reports removed from US government websites

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:21:48 +0000

The national climate assessments help state and local governments prepare for the impacts of a warming world

Legally mandated US national climate assessments seem to have disappeared from the federal websites built to display them, making it harder for state and local governments and the public to learn what to expect in their back yards from a warming world.

The Guardian view on Europe’s heatwave: leaders should remind the public why ambitious targets matter | Editorial

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:55:59 +0000

With net zero targets under attack from the populist right, dangerously high temperatures should refocus minds

California overhauls landmark environmental protection rules

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:11:42 +0000

Governor Gavin Newsom says bureaucratic roadblocks have made it difficult to build housing in the most populous state

California is overhauling its landmark environmental protection rules, a change state leaders say is essential to address the state’s housing shortage and homelessness crisis.

California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, had threatened to reject the state budget passed last Friday unless lawmakers overhauled the California Environmental Quality Act, or Ceqa, a 1970s law that requires strict examination of any new development for its impact on the environment.