Breaking Waves: Ocean News

08/15/2026 - 18:56
National Weather Service reports that more than 11in of rain fell over a two-day period in some areas At least five people are dead after devastating floods that swept through Indiana this week, officials said, as storms continued to batter the state on Saturday and first responders used boats to rescue more people from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Indianapolis. The mayor of Indianapolis, Joe Hogsett, and other state officials implored residents in areas at risk of flooding to heed any evacuation warnings at a news conference. Continue reading...
08/15/2026 - 11:00
Exclusive: More than 100 homes on King Charles and Prince William’s inherited estates have EPC ratings of F or G • ‘It’s archaic’: the struggle to heat poorly insulated homes let by royal estates More than 100 homes on the inherited royal estates of King Charles and Prince William fail to meet the legal minimum energy standards for landlords, the Guardian can reveal. An analysis of a large sample of domestic lets on the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall and the Sandringham estate found that one in five have Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings of F or G. Continue reading...
08/15/2026 - 06:00
Chinese-owned AESC has pushed back plans in sign of slowing transition from petrol and diesel to electric cars Andy Burnham moves to cut new EV sales targets The UK’s biggest gigafactory has shelved plans to expand production in Sunderland because of stalled talks on a deal to supply electric car batteries to Jaguar Land Rover. Chinese-owned AESC produces batteries for Nissan at its gigafactory next door to the Japanese carmaker’s Sunderland plant. However, AESC has had to push back its ramp-up plans because of lower-than-expected demand from Nissan and the lack of a deal with JLR, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Continue reading...
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66901-7 Development of samarium-153 oxide loaded polystyrene radiotracer particles for gamma scintigraphy of whole gastrointestinal transit study
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npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66659-y Experiences of kinesiophobia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative phenomenological study
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npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-63846-9 Correction: A five-dimensional classical framework for gravitational and quantum phenomena
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npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66068-1 Multi-level violence recognition via hybrid convolutional-attention and recurrent architectures
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npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-64954-2 AlzheiNN: a convolutional neural network-based model for Alzheimer’s disease classification
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npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-62801-y Model-free multiparametric analysis of SHG images reveals collagen signatures in breast cancer
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08677-9 The impact of CEOs’ multidisciplinary backgrounds on corporate financing and investment maturity mismatch