Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Louisiana residents relieved worst of Hurricane Francine is over: ‘It was a surprise’

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 19:51:53 +0000

While the category 2 storm was ‘worse than expected’, locals are grateful damage didn’t exceed Hurricane Ida

As Hurricane Francine churned offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, Danielle Morris, a resident of the village of Dulac out in the swampy Louisiana coast, made a tough call.

Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:00:35 +0000

Landslide in Greenland caused unprecedented seismic event that shows impact of global heating, say scientists

A landslide and mega-tsunami in Greenland in September 2023, triggered by the climate crisis, caused the entire Earth to vibrate for nine days, a scientific investigation has found.

Zebrafish 'taste' oxygen: A breakthrough in respiratory biology

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:57:44 +0000

A research team has found a link between taste and breathing in fish. This discovery may help us better understand how fish perceive and respond to changes in their environment.

Natural History Museum plans revamp to become climate ‘catalyst for change’

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:58:03 +0000

Four galleries to be overhauled and two more spaces to reopen, including Fixing Our Broken Planet exhibition

The Natural History Museum in London has announced a major programme of transformation it says will mark “a step-change from being a catalogue of natural history to a catalyst for change” in response to the climate emergency.

The scheme to renovate the museum’s celebrated Victorian building and develop a new research and storage facility will build on its aim to turn visitors into “advocates for the planet”, it said on Thursday.

Scientists hopeful antidote can help protect bumblebees from pesticides

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:29:04 +0000

Study suggests hydrogel microparticles increase survival by 30% in bumblebees exposed to lethal doses of neonicotinoids

Scientists have developed a “vaccine” for bees against pesticides – and it appears to work, according to an initial study.

Fear for koalas after bushwalker finds fire ant nests in Queensland sanctuary

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:00:28 +0000

Calls for suppression efforts to be extended after at least five nests discovered at Logan in the Daisy Hill koala bushlands

Labor’s stalled environmental agenda under pressure from left and right

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:00:26 +0000

While the Greens remain hopeful of compromise, the PM has indicated he wants a deal struck with the Coalition

Rapid intensification of Hurricane Francine is a sign of a hotter world

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:52:32 +0000

The storm’s winds increased 35mph in 24 hours – something that global heating is only making more common

Hurricane Francine may now be weakening after pummeling Louisiana but the storm’s rapid and surprise intensification into a category 2 storm is one that scientists say is only getting more common due to global heating.

Government rules out underground cabling in National Grid upgrade

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:38:06 +0000

Rollout of pylons in countryside is a cheaper, quicker way to integrate green electricity, energy adviser says

The government has ruled out burying electricity cables underground as part of its energy strategy, which will involve the unrolling of hundreds of pylons across the British countryside, Ed Miliband’s clean energy adviser has said.

Chris Stark, the former leader of the Climate Change Committee, now heads the government’s “mission control” department for decarbonising the grid by boosting renewable energy and building connections across the country.

Los Angeles hit by double whammy of wildfires and earthquake

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:18:06 +0000

Residents were rattled by a 4.7 magnitude quake while firefighters are trying to put out blazes east of the city

Millions of residents in the Los Angeles area were rattled by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake that hit early on Thursday morning and came as the region continues to battle multiple wildfires that yet to be brought under control.