Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Winning images of the 2024 BigPicture natural world photography competition

admin — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 05:00:13 +0000

A fox in the sun, fireflies and a brush fire, and trees blanketed with butterflies are among the striking images caught by winners of the California Academy of Sciences’ annual contest. Now in its 11th year, it highlights biodiversity and the many threats our planet faces

Londoners should be charged for paving gardens, says climate resilience report

admin — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 05:00:12 +0000

Review says capital needs new reservoir, better flood defences and ‘heat plan’ for vulnerable people

Londoners who concrete over their gardens should be charged for doing so and given incentives to remove paving, a report to the mayor has recommended.

The city also needs a new reservoir, improved flood defences, and a “heat plan” to protect vulnerable residents from the increased risk of heatwaves, the report on the impact of the climate crisis has found.

Rattlesnake 'mega den' with as many as 2,000 snakes livestreaming from Colorado – video

admin — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 03:14:40 +0000

Researchers from California Polytechnic State University have set up a webcam to observe a 'mega den' of as many as 2,000 rattlesnakes. Emily Taylor, the Cal Poly biology professor leading the Project RattleCam research, says the exact location in Colorado is being kept secret to keep snake lovers – or haters – away

Australia news live: ACTU suspends construction and general division of CFMEU; Victorian Labor MP diagnosed with cancer

admin — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:05:07 +0000

Follow the day’s news live

Nature-based solutions to disaster risk from climate change are cost effective

admin — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:12:52 +0000

A new global assessment of scientific literature finds that nature-based solutions (NbS) are an economically effective method to mitigate risks from a range of disasters -- from floods and hurricanes to heatwaves and landslides -- which are only expected to intensify as Earth continues to warm.

Millions of US low-income households face power shutoffs amid deadly heat

admin — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:05:01 +0000

Half of Americans live in states without rules restricting disconnections for unpaid or overdue bills, report finds

Millions of low-income households are at risk of having their power disconnected this summer, exacerbating the risk of deadly heat as the climate crisis drives up temperatures.

Residents of Illinois town evacuate as officials warn of ‘imminent’ dam failure

admin — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 17:31:39 +0000

Nashville and surrounding areas have been hit by severe storms and flooding, overwhelming city’s infrastructure

Residents in Nashville, Illinois, are evacuating their homes after emergency management officials warned the failure of the city’s dam was “imminent”.

Nashville, a small city in Illinois with a population of nearly 3,000 people, and surrounding areas have been hit with severe storms which have caused flooding, overwhelming the city’s infrastructure. More than 5in of rain fell in the region within six hours on Tuesday.

NSW government says state’s biodiversity ‘in crisis’ as it pledges first steps to reverse decline

admin — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 17:30:03 +0000

Government will also overhaul state laws after Guardian Australia uncovered serious problems with biodiversity offsets scheme

Local dragonflies expose mercury pollution patterns

admin — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:27:15 +0000

A new study has unveiled surprising findings about mercury pollution: where it comes from and how it moves through the environment vary significantly depending on the ecosystem. In drier regions, most mercury is deposited through rain and snow. In wetter, forested areas, gaseous mercury from the air sticks to leaves, which then fall and carry the toxin into the ground.

Cumbria project will be ‘net zero’, coalmine firm tells high court

admin — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:58:46 +0000

Company insists project should go ahead despite new government saying it had been unlawfully approved

The company behind the first new coalmine in the UK for 30 years has argued in the high court on Tuesday that it would be a “unique net zero” mine.