Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘He was prescient’: Jimmy Carter, the environment and the road not taken

admin — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:00:33 +0000

The ex-president was a pioneer on renewable energy and land conservation but his 1980 defeat was a ‘fork in the road’

When a group of dignitaries and journalists made a rare foray to the roof of the White House, Jimmy Carter had something to show them: 32 solar water-heating panels.

UK government scraps plan to ban sale of gas boilers by 2035

admin — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:59:54 +0000

‘Future homes standard’ will not mandate replacing boilers with environmentally friendly alternative

The government is to scrap the 2035 ban on gas boilers in its new housebuilding standards.

The previous Conservative government had laid plans to phase out gas heating for homes by banning the sale of new gas boilers by 2035, so people replacing their gas boilers after that date would instead have to buy a heat pump or other environmentally friendly way of heating homes.

Biden bans new drilling in US coastal waters weeks before Trump handover

admin — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:50:34 +0000

Ban includes entire Atlantic coast, eastern Gulf of Mexico, Pacific coast off California, Oregon and Washington, and part of Bering Sea

Joe Biden has banned offshore drilling across an immense area of coastal waters, weeks before Donald Trump takes office pledging to massively increase fossil fuel production.

The US president’s ban encompasses the entire Atlantic coast and eastern Gulf of Mexico, as well as the Pacific coast off California, Oregon and Washington, and a section of the Bering Sea off Alaska.

Dried halibut and whale jerky: how a traditional Inuit diet fuelled an epic kayak adventure

admin — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:00:45 +0000

British chef Mike Keen paddled up the coast of Greenland eating only what local people did, and the health benefits led him to question the global food system

For a period of two months last year, a typical day for chef Mike Keen would see him skipping breakfast and lunch in favour of snacks such as dried capelin (a small bait fish), dried halibut, jerky-like dried whale and a local Greenlandic whale skin and blubber treat called mattak.

Mike Keen eats fermented seal blood in Sermilik fjord, east Greenland. Photograph: Mike Keen

Snow therapy: ski tourism at the crossroads – in pictures

admin — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 07:00:42 +0000

Exploring the aberration, absurdity, madness and ingenuity of skiing, an activity that raises both questions and concerns despite its global success. It continues to fascinate and intrigue in the face of social and environmental upheavals. There are more than 2,000 resorts scattered across the world, attracting hundreds of millions of skiers, but there are also profound questions about its future amid climate challenges and societal changes

Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans

admin — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 06:00:38 +0000

As people have shaped the natural world, so wildlife – from mahoganies to magpies – has had to evolve to survive

‘It’s not just alerts, it’s a state of mind’: How a wildfire monitoring app became essential in the US west

admin — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 13:00:19 +0000

Watch Duty – which began in California and has expanded across 14 states – alerted the public to more than 9,000 wildfires in 2024

Cristy Thomas began to panic as she called 911 for the second time on a warm October day but couldn’t get through. She anxiously watched the plume of black smoke pouring over her rural community in central California get larger.

Then she heard a familiar ping.

Tourism agency deletes ‘pristine swimming spot’ post about unpatrolled beach on Mornington Peninsula

admin — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 05:27:21 +0000

Video removed as Life Saving Victoria carries out 145 rescues – ‘We don’t remember when we’ve been that busy’

Fears for hiker in ‘bloody tough country’ as Kosciuszko search enters day 11

admin — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 01:19:19 +0000

Hot and humid conditions increase difficulty of finding Hadi Nazari, 23, after he failed to show up at campsite

Firefighters battle fresh blazes in Victoria as pockets of NSW burn

admin — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 23:55:31 +0000

Conditions to become more unsettled as winds begin to shift and clouds move in, officials warn