Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Only one of Australia’s most popular tuna brands passes sustainability test, according to first-of-its-kind review

admin — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 02:02:18 +0000

Australian Marine Conservation Society finds Safcol’s No Net Tuna is only entirely ‘green’ product on a red, amber or green scale

Mayhem at New York airport after raccoon falls through ceiling: ‘The most LaGuardia thing’

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 23:19:41 +0000

Unexpected appearance sparks rush to catch animal in a trash can as it hides at check-in and dangles from wires

Passengers awaiting an early morning flight at New York’s LaGuardia airport were surprised by the sudden arrival of an unexpected extra flyer: a raccoon who fell through a terminal ceiling and proceeded to cause mayhem at a departure gate.

Heatwave to sweep across large parts of Australia as bushfire threatens Queensland border town

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:51:03 +0000

Weather warnings across multiple states on Wednesday as Dirranbandi residents told to evacuate

Nearly all of US states are facing droughts, an unprecedented number

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:30:10 +0000

More than 150 million people and 318m acres of crops are affected by droughts after summer of record heat

Every US state except Alaska and Kentucky is facing drought, an unprecedented number, according to the US Drought Monitor.

A little more than 45% of the US and Puerto Rico is in drought this week, according to the tracker. About 54% of land in the 48 contiguous US states is affected by droughts.

The Guardian view on Labour’s 2030 clean energy target: Britain should go for it | Editorial

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:39:10 +0000

As a new report makes clear, the timetable is dauntingly tight. But the potential rewards on offer are huge

Electric car sales grow in UK despite decline in overall vehicle market

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:07:17 +0000

Carmakers sell 29,800 electric cars in October as diesel models drop by a fifth and petrol cars by 14%

Sales of electric cars in the UK grew in October despite overall demand for vehicles shrinking as manufacturers raced to meet government targets.

Carmakers sold 29,800 electric cars during the month, up by a quarter compared with the same month last year, according to data published on Tuesday by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group.

‘People do not want to believe it is true’: the photographer capturing the vanishing of glaciers

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:55:16 +0000

Christian Åslund was shocked at the difference between what he saw in 2002 and what confronted him this summer

Standing in blinding sunlight on an archipelago above the Arctic Circle, the photographer Christian Åslund looked in shock at a glacier he had last visited in 2002. It had almost completely disappeared.

Giant spiders that can grow to size of human hand thriving in the UK

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:53:39 +0000

Collaboration between RSPB and Chester zoo leads to best mating season on record for the semi-aquatic fen raft spider

Thousands of giant spiders that can grow to the size of a human hand are thriving in the UK, thanks to a successful breeding programme from Chester zoo.

The fen raft spider is a harmless arachnid that plays a vital role in aquatic ecosystems, but 15 years ago was on the brink of extinction because of habitat loss.

A rebuke to those who said clean power by 2030 was unachievable: they were wrong, we were right | Ed Miliband

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:30:15 +0000

Expert analysis backs our policy and its benefits for the country. Defeatist critics should take note

Ed Milband is secretary of state for energy security and net zero

Labour fought and won the last election on the argument that every family and business in the country was paying the price of the previous government’s failure to deliver clean, homegrown energy for Britain.

Sea angels and devils: could plankton unlock the secrets of human biology?

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:00:15 +0000

Scientists use new technology to sequence the DNA of microscopic ocean creatures for the first time

Off the west coast of Greenland, a 17-metre (56ft) aluminium sailing boat creeps through a narrow, rocky fjord in the Arctic twilight. The research team onboard, still bleary-eyed from the rough nine-day passage across the Labrador Sea, lower nets to collect plankton. This is the first time anyone has sequenced the DNA of the tiny marine creatures that live here.