Breaking Waves: Ocean News

UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:37:13 +0000

MPs demand publication of full report that outlines catastrophic consequences amid concerns for food security

Members of parliament have demanded full publication of an explosive report by the UK’s spy leaders that found the collapse of ecosystems overseas would have catastrophic consequences for the UK’s national security, warning that the UK has “no future” if the findings are not urgently acted on.

The Guardian view on the flamingo revolution: Albanians are standing up for their rights, as well as for nature | Editorial

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:25:37 +0000

Plans for a mega-resort, backed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, have spurred broader questions about who politics is serving

Datacentres are a ticking time bomb. We must make sure AI’s benefits outweigh the costs | Nicki Hutley

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:00:36 +0000

They suck up energy and water, and blast out heat. Just who is better off from all this investment – aside from tech bros?

The two great existential threats of our time – the climate crisis and AI – come hurtling together in the explosion of datacentres across Australia and around the world.

You can hardly avoid hearing about them these days, either with awed reverence of the promised benefits to humankind or with fear and anger given the implications for the climate, inflation, jobs and even housing affordability.

Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:08:00 +0000

Meta said it was working with officials to be a ‘good neighbor’ and drinking water supplies were not affected

Officials in Wyoming said a contractor for Mark Zuckerberg’s tech company, Meta, flushed bacteria-contaminated water into public sewers during construction of a controversial new AI datacenter.

Unions in Europe press for new worker protections to counter heat stress

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:00:52 +0000

Climate crisis prompts calls for workplace temperature limits and rights to heat breaks and adjusted working hours

As Europe’s sweltering summer continues, trades unions are mounting a push for new laws to counter deadly heat stress that is linked to an estimated 230 workplace deaths a year.

Severn Trent spared Ofwat fine after ‘serious’ waterwaste and sewage failures

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:44:08 +0000

Regulator found ‘unacceptable’ breaches in water company’s handling of drainage and sewage network

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The water company Severn Trent has been spared a fine by the industry regulator despite “serious and unacceptable breaches” in its handling of wastewater and sewage.

UK waters hit with extreme heatwave as global sea temperatures reach record levels

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:30:07 +0000

Experts warn that some marine species are at risk of ‘mass mortality events’ in ever-warming oceans

UK waters are being hit with an “extreme” marine heatwave, the Met Office has said, as scientists warn that high ocean temperatures globally could result in “mass-mortality events” for some species.

European countries top ‘scorecard’ on climate progress while US slips to 27th

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:00:27 +0000

Estonia, Luxembourg and UK are the top three in biennial Yale University index in tackling pollution and other issues

Much of the world has made encouraging strides in reducing toxic problems such as water and air pollution that have long plagued communities. But there is still a widespread lack of progress among countries in dealing with the climate crisis, according to the latest edition of an influential environmental scorecard.

The rise of blue-space therapy: how the sea is helping people deal with trauma, anxiety and addiction

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:25 +0000

‘Sea cures’ are not new but the idea that exposure to oceans, rivers and lakes can be medicine for the brain is gaining traction

Watching the waves break across the vast, roaring ocean in front of him, Dave Phillips felt out of options standing on the cliff’s edge in Cornwall several years ago. The former British army corporal had lost a number of loved ones in quick succession, and the compounding effects of untreated post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from his military tours had become all-consuming.

The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:10:12 +0000

There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead

The new prime minister will be looking for money? Well, here’s £21.7bn lying on the ground. The government could cancel its deranged, disastrous carbon capture and storage (CCS) programme at no cost to public welfare: in fact, it would greatly reduce the harm we will suffer.