Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Midges thriving in wet Scottish summer – and experts say worse is to come

admin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 15:49:52 +0000

Tourist hotspots including Ullapool and Fort William badly hit as biting insects enjoy damp, humid conditions

Scotland’s wet summer is providing perfect conditions for surges of midges, with experts saying worse is yet to come.

This week the Scottish Midge Forecast predicted high numbers of the biting insects, reaching peaks of four and five on a scale of one to five.

Planting trees and fighting wildfires: what is the American Climate Corps?

admin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:00:09 +0000

Thousands have joined a new federal program that links young people with jobs in green energy and conservation

Did you ever imagine spending a year restoring paths along the Appalachian Trail? Developing community gardens on a Caribbean island? Or helping neighbors electrify their homes?

Celebrities add voice to outcry over severity of Just Stop Oil sentences

admin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:24:35 +0000

Chris Packham calls for meeting with attorney general as prominent figures condemn long jail terms for M25 activists

Chris Packham has called for a meeting with the attorney general for England and Wales as he joined a chorus of prominent voices condemning long jail terms for Just Stop Oil protesters.

‘Ugly’ phone boxes that blight UK streets should be removed, says thinktank

admin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:37:24 +0000

Exclusive: Create Streets calls for legislation to make it easier to remove kiosks that attract litter and graffiti

The new Labour government should remove “ugly” modern phone kiosks that are blighting high streets and attracting litter and graffiti, a leading thinktank has said.

A report by Create Streets, founded by the government adviser Nicholas Boys Smith, says there is little need for phone boxes any more and that they do not feature much on the streets of Paris or New York.

Some climate groups urge Biden to stand down, fearing a Trump win

admin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:00:07 +0000

‘Nominating Biden is a recipe for electing Trump,’ says founder of Climate Defiance, while other groups stay quiet

Some climate campaigners are heaping further pressure on Joe Biden to drop out of the US presidential election, with activists staging a protest outside the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters on Friday to demand the US president stand aside.

Extreme heat may be crucial factor in human spread of bird flu

admin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:00:04 +0000

As heatwaves hit the US, farm workers struggle to wear PPE. The country now faces its biggest human outbreak

Extreme heat may be a crucial factor behind the biggest bird flu outbreak in humans in the US as officials continue to track the virus’ spread.

Week in wildlife – in pictures: warthog drama, a fox at the museum and our rarest whale

admin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 07:00:35 +0000

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

Eco homes near the sea for sale in Great Britain – in pictures

admin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 06:00:33 +0000

From a Grand Designs-style property nestled underground to a remote timber-framed home on a hillside

Six million people at risk from extreme heat in England, campaign group warns

admin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 05:00:32 +0000

Friends of the Earth says older people and young children are most at risk in heat-vulnerable neighbourhoods

Inadequate climate protections mean at least 6 million lives are at risk from extreme heat in England, an analysis has found.

A report by the campaign group Friends of the Earth found older people and young children were the most high-risk groups for heatwaves, with 1.7 million under-5s and 4.3 million people over 65 living in the most heat-vulnerable neighbourhoods in England.

CrowdStrike has ‘issued a fix’ to Windows outage – as it happened

admin — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:52:58 +0000

This blog is now closed. Follow the latest developments on the global Microsoft outage live blog

Shorten says last CFMEU Labor donation was over two years ago