Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Last month marked the world’s hottest July on record, US scientists say

admin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:26:53 +0000

This year could beat 2023 for the hottest year on record as 15-month heat streak extends, according to Noaa

The world just had its hottest July ever recorded, elongating a string of monthly temperature highs that now stretch back for 15 consecutive months, US government scientists have announced.

As human activities expand in Antarctica, scientists identify crucial conservation sites

admin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:06:13 +0000

Establishing Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Ocean will be vital for safeguarding the ecosystem from the impact of human activities, researchers say.

Nearly 25% of European landscape could be rewilded, researchers say

admin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:42:18 +0000

Europe's abandoned farmlands could find new life through rewilding, a movement to restore ravaged landscapes to their wilderness before human intervention. A quarter of the European continent, 117 million hectares, is primed with rewilding opportunities, researchers report.

Government drops appeal over climate activist who held sign outside UK court

admin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:07:30 +0000

Judge had thrown out case against Trudi Warner, whose sign told jurors they had a right to acquit ‘according to conscience’

The government has dropped an appeal against a judge’s decision to throw out a contempt case against a woman who stood outside a climate activist trial holding a placard about jury rights.

Revealed: Shell oil non-profit donated to anti-climate groups behind Project 2025

admin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:00:13 +0000

Foundation says it ‘does not endorse any organizations’ while funneling hundreds of thousands to rightwing causes

A US foundation associated with the oil company Shell has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to religious right and conservative organizations, many of which deny that climate change is a crisis, tax records reveal.

Anti-whaling activist to stay in Greenland jail while extradition decided

admin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:19:52 +0000

Paul Watson fighting efforts byJapan to have him stand trial there for 2010 confrontation with whalers

A Greenland court has ordered the anti-whaling activist Paul Watson to remain in custody until 5 September pending a decision on his possible extradition to Japan.

Watson, an American-Canadian who has been detained since his arrest in Nuuk in July, had appealed against the court’s decision, the statement on Thursday added.

German climate activists stop air traffic after breaking into four airport sites

admin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:27:22 +0000

Police arrest Letzte Generation protesters who cut holes in fences and glued themselves to asphalt

Climate activists have broken into four German airport sites, briefly bringing air traffic to a halt at two of those before police made arrests.

Danish wind power giant Ørsted delays major US offshore project

admin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:12:29 +0000

News follows scrapping of two other Atlantic windfarms and axing of hundreds of jobs as costs surge

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The Danish company developing the world’s largest offshore windfarm in the North Sea has been forced to delay a major project off the north-east coast of the US, months after cancelling two nearby developments and cutting hundreds of jobs.

Survivors of climate disasters demand US inquiry into big oil’s ‘climate crimes’

admin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:00:07 +0000

More than 10,000 people sign letter to justice department for federal investigation into industry’s misinformation

Allen Myers grew up in Paradise, California, which for him is “sacred land”. At age 11, he sat beside his mother’s bedside as she passed away in his beloved family home. Years later, that house, along with 90% of the town, burned to the ground in the devastating 2018 Camp fire, which killed 85 people.

Watchdog investigates ‘unacceptable’ cyanide spill in Walsall canal

admin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 08:46:11 +0000

Waterways trust boss calls incident ‘infuriating’ as Environment Agency investigates metal finishing firm

The Environment Agency has described a cyanide spill into a West Midlands canal as “unacceptable” and promised robust action if any wrongdoing is found to have occurred.