Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Storm Leonardo devastates southern Portugal and Spain – video

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:30:37 +0000

Storm has ravaged southern regions of Spain and Portugal this week, leaving one man dead in Portugal and one woman missing in Spain

Calls to postpone presidential election as Storm Leonardo lashes Portugal and Spain

Calls to postpone presidential election as Storm Leonardo lashes Portugal and Spain

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:54:05 +0000

Portugal’s far-right Chega party has said vote should be delayed as state of calamity declared in 69 areas

Heavy rains and strong winds have continued to batter parts of Spain and Portugal, causing at least two deaths, forcing the evacuation of more than 7,000 people and prompting calls to postpone the second-round of Portugal’s presidential election.

Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:20:02 +0000

Data shows 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars also sold, while the figure for battery electric vehicles was more than 2,000

Just seven new petrol cars were sold in Norway last month, data shows.

The country, which is the frontrunner in the uptake of electric vehicles, shifted a record low number of new fossil-fuel cars in January, information from the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV) reveals.

Week in wildlife: cuddling sloths, dazed iguanas and a very fat seal

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

That’s a wrasse! Rare fish spotted for first time since 2009 in kelp forest in Western Australia

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:50:24 +0000

When marine biologist Océane Attlan saw the tiny Braun’s wrasse, it was like ‘recognising a familiar face, but you can’t put a name on it’

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The chances of encountering the rare reef fish were so far-fetched, it took marine biologist Océane Attlan a few seconds to clock what she was seeing.

‘Stark warning’: pesticide harm to wildlife rising globally, study finds

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 19:00:45 +0000

Toxicity from farm chemicals increased for most species groups between 2013 and 2019, with insects worst affected

Ecological harm from pesticides is growing globally, a study has found, with bugs, fish, pollinators and land-based plants among six species groups hit hardest.

Insects suffered the greatest increase in harm from synthetic farm chemicals between 2013 and 2019, the study shows, with “applied” toxicity rising by 42.9%, followed by soil organisms, which faced an increase of 30.8%.

Israel accused of spraying cancer-linked herbicide on farms in southern Lebanon

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:58:56 +0000

President condemns ‘environmental and health crime’ as critics say Israel seeks to make southern Lebanon uninhabitable

Lebanon has accused Israel of spraying a herbicide linked to cancer on farmland in the south of the country as a “health crime” that would threaten food security and farmers’ livelihoods.

The country’s president, Joseph Aoun, condemned what he called “an environmental and health crime” and a violation of Lebanese sovereignty, and he vowed to take “all necessary legal and diplomatic measures to confront this aggression”.

Florida euthanizes 5,000 iguanas after cold snap stuns the invasive reptiles

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:52:45 +0000

State culled a number of the non-native reptiles after thousands were ‘cold-stunned’ and dropped from trees

Wildlife officials in Florida say they euthanized more than 5,000 non-native iguanas in the state after hordes of the reptiles froze and fell from trees in this week’s cold snap.

UK to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:00:42 +0000

Exclusive: Campaigners say proposed cut from £11.9bn over past five years to £9bn over next five years will cost lives and livelihoods

The UK plans to slash its aid to poor countries stricken by the climate crisis by more than a fifth, the Guardian has learned, despite promises to increase assistance and warnings from campaigners that the move will cost lives and livelihoods.

Airlines should tell UK customers the carbon impact of flights, watchdog says

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:05:00 +0000

CAA’s guidance also including booking sites to enable passengers to make ‘more informed travel decisions’

Airlines and booking firms should give UK customers information about the environmental impact of their flights, the regulator has said.

The Civil Aviation Authority urged booking sites to enable passengers to make “more informed travel decisions” by setting out estimates for carbon emissions for flights landing or taking off from British airports.