Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:16:37 +0000

Coming to fame in The Goodies, Oddie was later known for his wildlife expertise and presented BBC Springwatch

The writer, comedian and conservationist Bill Oddie has died aged 85. Having come to prominence with the comedy group The Goodies, Oddie later established himself as an authority on wildlife, presenting television series including the BBC’s Springwatch and Autumnwatch.

Europe wildfires live: Spain faces two ‘decisive’ days to contain wildfires before next heatwave, minister says

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:15:58 +0000

Firefighters in France and Spain face another day battling wildfires that have seen hundreds of thousands of people evacuated

Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis as firefighters battle wildfires in France

Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:00:34 +0000

Government move follows months of drought and crop failures in Karamoja, with 1.5m people facing malnutrition

Uganda has launched emergency food relief distribution after at least 19 deaths from hunger were reported in an area of prolonged drought in the east of the country.

Seven suspected new bird flu cases are ‘evidence of spread’ into Australian wildlife, experts warn

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:30:18 +0000

BirdLife Australia says discoveries of sick and dead local seabirds in South Australia show outbreak is ‘taking hold’

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Heathrow expansion would take thousands of jobs from other UK regions, report finds

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:00:29 +0000

Airports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if third runway goes ahead, DfT economic paper shows

Expanding Heathrow airport will take thousands of jobs from other regions of the UK, including almost 10,000 from the West Midlands alone, according to an analysis of the government’s own forecasts.

‘Extraordinarily hot’: US heatwave stretches on with millions still under warnings

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:04:47 +0000

Southern and central states from California to Mississippi face heat indexes above 100F amid another heat dome

At least 40 million people were under extreme heat warnings across central and southern parts of the United States on Sunday as high temperatures and severe humidity gripped large swaths of the country for a second straight day.

Ella Baron on the wildfires in France and Spain – cartoon

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:51:39 +0000

Every new UK home should have air conditioning, say Liberal Democrats

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:09:31 +0000

Exclusive: Party says housing stock ‘woefully unprepared’ for extreme heat and new rules for builders must be set

All new UK homes should be built with air conditioning to cope with the effects of the climate crisis, according to the Liberal Democrats.

The party says British homes are dangerously unsuited to rising temperatures, meaning passive cooling measures such as planting more trees in residential areas are necessary.

Ed Miliband indicates development and climate will be at heart of UK foreign policy

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:00:15 +0000

Exclusive: Foreign secretary to take up World Bank seat and play active role in shaping changes to global lender

Britain’s foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, is to indicate he will put the climate crisis and overseas development at the heart of UK international relations by taking up the country’s seat on the board at the World Bank.

The best way to save giant sequoias may be more fire

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:18:59 +0000

Giant sequoias are built to withstand ordinary fires, but recent extreme wildfires killed thousands of trees that had survived for centuries or even millennia. A new analysis of about 26,400 sequoias found that trees in areas treated with prescribed burns were nearly four times more likely to survive. Researchers estimate the controlled fires prevented about 1,900 deaths and could have saved thousands more if used across every grove.