Breaking Waves: Ocean News

US supreme court puts hold on EPA attempt to reduce pollution that drifts across states

admin — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:06:31 +0000

Court grants temporary halt to program designed to stop ‘upwind’ states from causing pollution that flows to ‘downwind’ neighbors

‘No chain stores, but moose on every corner’: as Colorado herds thrive, clashes with people rise

admin — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:00:10 +0000

After being introduced to the state in the 1970s, there are now more attacks by moose than by puma and bears combined. Has the species become too successful?

One morning in the winter of 1978, a handful of state wildlife staff huddled together in the Uinta Mountains in north-eastern Utah. Deep snows coated the peaks and filled the valleys. A pair of helicopters cruised over the frozen landscape, helping those on the ground search for their prize: a cow moose in a snowy meadow.

Visualized: the parts of the US where summer heat has risen the most

admin — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:37 +0000

More than a third of Americans endure summers at least 1.5C hotter than the 1895 average, analysis shows

An onslaught of record-breaking heat across much of the US has provided yet another indicator of a longer-term issue – summers are progressively getting hotter for Americans in all corners of the country.

‘Give nature space and it will come back’: rewilding returns endangered species to UK’s south coast

admin — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 06:00:30 +0000

Walking a 100-mile stretch of coastline reveals how a pioneering project is transforming the seascape, rivers and land

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On a blustery morning in May on Shoreham-by-Sea’s west beach, Eric Smith and George Short are pointing out treasures the waves have left on the tideline. Cuttlefish bones and balls of whelk eggs, they say, are evidence of recovering marine habitats.

Sharp rise in number of climate lawsuits against companies, report says

admin — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 05:00:28 +0000

About 230 cases filed against corporations and trade associations around world since 2015

The number of climate lawsuits filed against companies around the world is rising swiftly, a report has found, and a majority of cases that have concluded have been successful.

About 230 climate-aligned lawsuits have been filed against corporations and trade associations since 2015, two-thirds of which have been initiated since 2020, according to the analysis published on Thursday by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

‘Whack-a-mole situation’: Algerian officials wrestle with water shortage anger

admin — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:00:27 +0000

State not acting fast enough to build desalination stations to deal with dwindling rainfall and resulting drought, say critics

On 8 June, anger over months of water rationing spilled over in the drought-stricken central Algerian town of Tiaret, where balaclava-wearing demonstrators barricaded roads and burned tyres.

Ocean's loss of oxygen caused massive Jurassic extinction: Could it happen again?

admin — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:20:59 +0000

Researchers have found a chemical clue in Italian limestone that explains a mass extinction of marine life in the Early Jurassic period, 183 million years ago. Volcanic activity pumped out CO2, warming oceans and lowering their oxygen levels. The findings may foretell the impact climate change and oxygen depletion might have on today's oceans.

Two people die from floods ravaging US midwest as more storms forecasted

admin — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:21:56 +0000

Days of flooding have submerged homes and farmland across South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota

At least two people have died as a result of devastating floods in the US midwest. Flood warnings remain in place across South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota as more rainfall and storms are expected to hit the region this week.

River Wye needs ‘protection zone’, say Greens and Fearnley-Whittingstall

admin — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:09:52 +0000

North Herefordshire candidate and chef also call for water industry overhaul and more support for farmers

The Green party and the celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are calling for a “protection zone” to be placed around one of the UK’s most beautiful but threatened rivers and have demanded “drastic” nationwide changes to the water industry’s management and regulation.

Plastics companies blocked mitigation efforts and may have broken US laws – study

admin — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:00:23 +0000

Paper outlines different legal theories that could help governments pursue accountability for harms

Companies have spent decades obstructing efforts to take on the plastics crisis and may have breached a host of US laws, a new report argues.