Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Hurricane Helene blows climate deniers Trump and Vance off course again

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:00:11 +0000

JD Vance had to cancel two events in Georgia on Thursday after the category 4 storm surged across the region

JD Vance has been forced to cancel two campaign events in Georgia due to the threat posed by Hurricane Helene, in the latest instance of Donald Trump’s presidential bid being affected by extreme weather worsened by a climate crisis that both Trump and Vance have routinely mocked.

UK supermarkets not doing enough to tackle antibiotic misuse, report says

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:00:09 +0000

Findings come amid growing concerns about overuse of medicines in farm animals and rise of superbugs

None of the UK’s large supermarket chains are ensuring their suppliers use antibiotics in the most responsible way, an assessment by campaigners has found, despite heightened concerns about their overuse in farm animals.

North Sea oil and gas firms in UK ‘failing to invest in renewable energy’

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:00:06 +0000

Three-quarters plan to invest solely in continued fossil fuel production between now and 2030, research shows

North Sea oil and gas companies are failing to switch their investments to renewable energy, research has shown.

Three-quarters of the offshore oil and gas companies operating in the UK plan to invest solely in continued fossil fuel production between now and the end of the decade, according to data compiled by the analyst company Rystad.

‘Rivers you think are pristine are not’: how drug pollution flooded England’s national parks – and put human health at risk

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:00:06 +0000

High levels of antibiotics and other drugs have been found in water in the country’s most treasured and protected landscapes, raising concerns over antimicrobial resistance

Week in wildlife in pictures: a penguin ballerina, the spooky spookfish and a sociable octopus

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:00:05 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

A wondrous fish has made a miraculous return to UK seas. Why are ministers so keen to see them killed? | George Monbiot

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:00:04 +0000

We should be celebrating the revival of the bluefin tuna – but a ravenous fishing industry, backed by government and ‘science’, is already licking its lips

Once thought to be extinct, the night parrot is back in the news! Is it saved? | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 06:53:01 +0000

Why are so many settler Australians haunted by this almost mythical bird? Why?

Revealed: the US government-funded ‘private social network’ attacking pesticide critics

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 05:00:02 +0000

Network includes derogatory profiles of figures such as UN experts and food writer Michael Pollan, and is part of an effort to downplay pesticide dangers, records suggest

In 2017, two United Nations experts called for a treaty to strictly regulate dangerous pesticides, which they said were a “global human rights concern”, citing scientific research showing pesticides can cause cancers, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s and other health problems.

‘Trees of hope’: Sycamore Gap tree saplings to be planted around UK

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 04:00:02 +0000

Project asks people to make ‘promises to nature’ after ‘rollercoaster’ year for the Northumberland landmark

Its illegal felling brought feelings of grief, distress and anger but after a “rollercoaster” 12 months custodians of the Sycamore Gap tree say they want its legacy to become one of hope.

The National Trust and Northumberland national park have announced an initiative inviting the public to request one of 49 saplings from the tree.

Dozens of children drown in India during Hindu festival

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:30:11 +0000

At least 46 people, most of them children, drowned in the eastern state of Bihar while bathing in rivers swollen by recent floods in observance of Jivitputrika Vrat.

At least 46 people have drowned, most of them children, while bathing in rivers and ponds swollen by recent floods, during the observance of a Hindu religious festival celebrated by millions in India.

The dead include 37 children and seven women who drowned in the eastern state of Bihar in scattered incidents across 15 districts, authorities said on Thursday.