Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Millions in US face extreme-heat threat as experts urge better protections

admin — Mon, 27 May 2024 10:00:21 +0000

Recommendations include heat forecasts and outdoor-worker safeguards to prevent thousands of deaths and injuries

Millions of Americans face the threat of dangerous heatwaves in the coming weeks with another summer of record-breaking temperatures forecast to hit the US.

Ditch brightly coloured plastic, anti-waste researchers tell firms

admin — Mon, 27 May 2024 06:00:17 +0000

Studies find red, blue and green plastic decomposes into microplastic particles faster than plainer colours

Retailers are being urged to stop making everyday products such as drinks bottles, outdoor furniture and toys out of brightly coloured plastic after researchers found it degrades into microplastics faster than plainer colours.

Lemur pups Nova and Evie born at Scottish safari park

admin — Mon, 27 May 2024 05:00:13 +0000

Female pair are third litter born at Blair Drummond under endangered species breeding programme

A Scottish safari park has announced the birth of two female lemur pups native to Madagascar.

Nova and Evie, who are living at Blair Drummond safari and adventure park, near Stirling, were born on 14 April, and the park has now publicly announced their birth.

‘Enormously exciting’ fossils found in NSW opal field suggest Australia had ‘age of monotremes’

admin — Sun, 26 May 2024 15:00:58 +0000

Discovery of ‘echidnapus’ and two more species show the furry egg-layers predated marsupials

We tested landscaping soil on sale in Sydney stores for asbestos – it came back positive

admin — Sun, 26 May 2024 15:00:56 +0000

Exclusive: Independent testing of recycled soil fill finds two of four samples would not meet legislated thresholds and one contained asbestos

UK weather: heavy rain and thunderstorms hit England and Wales

admin — Sun, 26 May 2024 09:25:26 +0000

Warnings of possible flooding, travel delays and power cuts as Met Office issues yellow warning

More than an inch of rain could fall in one hour as thunderstorms lash parts of England and Wales, forecasters have warned.

Slow-moving showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop on Sunday afternoon, with 20-30mm of rain predicted. There may also be hail and lightning strikes, with people warned to expect possible flooding, travel delays and power cuts.

‘A blocked loo is on you’: surge in ‘fatbergs’ as bizarre items flushed down Sydney’s toilets

admin — Sun, 26 May 2024 04:39:36 +0000

Sydney Water says data shows men aged between 18 and 29 are biggest culprits when it comes to flushing rubbish down the toilet

‘Knight in spiny armor’: could lobsters help save Florida’s dying corals?

admin — Sat, 25 May 2024 13:00:26 +0000

A three-year study found that the spiny lobsters’ urine scared off predatory worms and snails who snack on the delicate organisms

An unexpected champion has emerged in the increasingly grave battle to save Florida’s imperiled coral reefs: spiny lobsters that urinate in the water and scare off predatory worms and snails seeking to feast on the delicate organisms.

More than 5,000 feral horses culled in Kosciuszko national park since aerial shooting resumed

admin — Sat, 25 May 2024 05:41:39 +0000

Conservationist says for first time number of animals removed exceeds annual population growth

Court bid to prevent Spurs leasing rewilded London golf course fails

admin — Sat, 25 May 2024 05:00:17 +0000

A football academy will be built on the site and campaigners say high court decision threatens other public parks

Public parks across London and beyond are being put at risk by a high court judgment in favour of Enfield council leasing a rewilded golf course to Tottenham Hotspur for a football academy, campaigners say.