Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Revealed: Trump’s fossil-fuel donors to profit from data-center boom and green rollbacks

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:00:47 +0000

Energy Transfer, a top backer of US president, has received requests to power even more energy-guzzling data centers

Oil and gas barons who donated millions of dollars to the Trump campaign are on the cusp of cashing in on the administration’s support for energy-guzzling data centers – and a slew of unprecedented environmental rollbacks.

Lawsuit claims Gore-Tex poisoned drinking water near Maryland facilities

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:00:46 +0000

Firm makes product used to waterproof clothing and allegedly polluted water with some kinds of Pfas

The makers of Gore-Tex, a popular product commonly used to waterproof clothing by companies such as the North Face and Mountain Hardware, poisoned drinking water and sickened residents around their facilities in rural Maryland, two lawsuits allege.

Our lives depend on seeds. Trump’s cuts put our vast reserves at risk | Thor Hanson

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:00:43 +0000

Maintaining seed diversity and abundance is essential – and requires constant work. It’s time for Congress to return to the seed business

Top genome scientists to map DNA sequence of invertebrate winner 2025

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:05:00 +0000

Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life team say genomes offer invaluable insight into how species will fare under climate crisis

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“We are following the ‘invertebrate of the year’ series with bated breath,” began the email that arrived in the Guardian’s inbox last week.

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:41:10 +0000

Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate.

Big, biodiverse and beautiful: can Romania’s centuries-old giant haystacks survive modern farming?

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 04:00:22 +0000

Traditional methods benefit hundreds of species but as new agricultural techniques take over, the distinctive haystacks mark a vanishing way of life

Golden haystacks shaped like teardrops have been a symbol of rural life in Romania for hundreds of years. The 3-metre-high (10ft) stacks are the culmination of days of hard work by families, from children up to grandparents, in the height of summer.

‘Same shit, different year’: Australia records hottest 12 months and warmest March on record

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 02:31:14 +0000

ANU climate scientist says ‘everyone is getting fatigued these records keep falling – it’s now incredibly predictable’

California: sea lion attack on teenager raises fears of toxic algae poisoning

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:47:08 +0000

Animals affected by domoic acid are known to exhibit erratic behavior and poisonings are becoming frequent

A teenager was attacked by a sea lion in southern California, raising concerns that a recent increase in algae-induced poisonings among marine mammals could have elicited the erratic behavior.

US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:39:52 +0000

Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41%

The world is on track for disastrous global heating – but this will create profits for some air conditioning companies, according to forecasts by leading Wall Street financial institutions.

Migrating flies vital for people and nature

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:24:51 +0000

Buzzing insects may be seen as pests -- but globally, hundreds of fly species migrate over long distances, with major benefits for people and nature, new research shows.