Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Is pollution in England’s rivers really getting worse? There’s more good news than you might think | Michelle Jackson

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:00:21 +0000

River wildlife is on the up and there’s little evidence that storm overflows are being used more often. But protest is still vital

Did you know climate change made the entire Earth wobble for nine days! What? | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 06:34:29 +0000

Is there anything climate change cannot do?!

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How the west’s wellness industry is driving Ethiopia’s frankincense trees towards extinction

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 06:00:20 +0000

As rich westerners fuel demand for the ancient fragrance, a lucrative race for the resin is killing the trees but leaving little of the trade’s profit for those gathering it

In a corner of Covent Garden, well-heeled Londoners and tourists browse the range of frankincense products sold by a leading cosmetics brand while they drink a complimentary rose and berry tea. Amid the aromatic resin sheathed under glass, shoppers can buy “age-defying” serums, creams and essences, and tablets to strengthen brittle nails and hair.

‘Bulldoze your way through’: Anthony Albanese compared to Scott Morrison in climate trigger stoush

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 05:53:40 +0000

Sarah Hanson-Young says PM needs to negotiate with senators after he appeared to rule out adding a climate trigger to proposed environmental laws

Rare smelly penguin wins New Zealand bird of the year contest

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:40:14 +0000

The hoiho, which means ‘noise shouter’, triumphed in a year free from the usual scandals surrounding the competition

One of the world’s rarest penguins has been crowned New Zealand’s bird of the year, in an unusually sedate year for the competition, free from the foreign interference and voting scandals of previous events.

The endangered yellow-eyed penguin, or hoiho, is the largest of New Zealand’s mainland penguin species and is distinctive for the pale yellow band of feathers linking the eyes.

Ditch £40m Loch Lomond resort plan if rejected in vote, Scottish Greens urge

admin — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 23:01:10 +0000

National park authority due to make decision on Monday over Flamingo Land development proposal

If Flamingo Land’s proposal to build on the shores of Loch Lomond is rejected in a vote on Monday, that decision should spell the end of the plan, the Scottish Greens have said.

The Yorkshire-based theme park owner is behind the Lomond Banks proposal, under which two hotels and more than 100 self-catering lodges would be built along with a water park and other amenities.

Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?

admin — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:00:02 +0000

Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official tally

Big tech has made some big claims about greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. But as the rise of artificial intelligence creates ever bigger energy demands, it’s getting hard for the industry to hide the true costs of the data centers powering the tech revolution.

‘There’s something in the air’: UK airport expansion gears up for takeoff

admin — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:03:18 +0000

Lobbyists are increasingly confident about expansion plans as concerns for the economy start to deepen

The younger, tormented minister mulling his position before the Labour government granted Heathrow’s third runway in 2009 might have been greatly relieved to know that, 15 years later, not a shovel would have touched the ground.

Purple patch for British blueberries as sales boom

admin — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:17:05 +0000

Soaring UK production is helping sate record demand for ‘ultimate superfood’ but growers want more help from retailers

Whether they add them to smoothies or salads or just pop them straight in their mouths, Britons are eating more blueberries than ever before. But whereas supermarket shelves used to be filled with imports, fruit growers are hailing a “British blueberry boom”.

Louisiana town the canary in the coalmine as climate effects worsen

admin — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 11:00:56 +0000

Lake Charles has been battered by storms over the past 20 years – and now its most famous landmark lies in ruins

Last week, one south-west Louisiana city in particular was girding itself for Hurricane Francine’s blow: Lake Charles, located about four hours west of New Orleans and two hours east of Houston.

In the lottery of hurricane paths over the past 20 years, Lake Charles has been very, very unlucky. But Francine’s impact on the city turned out to be relatively minor, a summer storm like locals are used to.