Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘Chock full of incredible animals’: marine expedition uncovers 31 new species in two weeks

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:06:37 +0000

Experts worked in ocean midwater off Brazil at near-record speeds thanks to cutting-edge tech

A marine biology expedition in international waters off the coast of Brazil has discovered 31 new species in just two weeks.

California’s landmark anti-plastics law sparks anger as 17 states moves to sue

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:00:14 +0000

Ambitious plan to phase out single-use plastic opposed by chemicals industry – while green groups say law too timid

A groundbreaking California law that compels packaging producers to phase out single-use plastics is already sparking anger from the chemicals industry and environmental groups just weeks after going into effect.

First hydropower projects in Great Britain in 40 years given go-ahead

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:18:47 +0000

Three pumped storage hydroelectric power station sites in Scotland on list of 16 long-duration electricity storage plans

Business live – latest updates

The energy regulator has given the provisional green light for the construction of the first new hydropower projects in more than 40 years, part of plans to reduce Great Britain’s reliance on energy imports.

Park to protect 12,000 koalas to go ahead via contentious carbon credit deal by Albanese government

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:43:24 +0000

Minns government waited on federal approval of carbon credit scheme before proceeding with long-awaited great koala national park

Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates

Millions in England face red heat warning while Paris postpones Pride as heatwave grips Europe – live

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:14:20 +0000

Estimated 150 million people in Europe could experience temperatures above 35C today

European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say

Hot stuff: players and fans have to adjust to sport’s new normal and sweat it out | Emma John

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:00:13 +0000

Climate crisis is on show every day when sportspeople do their thing and the rest of us suffer on the sofa or in the stands

Nothing sharpens the distinction between professional athletes and the rest of us like a week of truly hot weather. While we’re apologetically crying off long‑in‑the-diary engagements – so sorry, just can’t face it in this weather – elite sportspeople are blinking the rivulets of sweat out of their eyes while squinting under a hot and heavy helmet, then doing 22-yard sprints with a couple of kilos of padding strapped to their legs.

‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:00:12 +0000

Emerging research suggests datacentres create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9C

The community living next to the largest datacentre park in Europe say the scorching summer heat has grown unbearable.

On days like Wednesday, said Nabeel Nawaz, the store manager of a Chaiiwala franchise in the centre of Slough, the heat is like something “pinching your body and burning your skin”.

Week in wildlife: paddling deer, a spring-loaded penguin and a rare sand cat

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:00:11 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:53:54 +0000

Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures

A scientist who decoded the dictionary that a bird uses to communicate has won a $100,000 prize for making progress towards a world in which humans can talk to the animals – without being met with a blank response.

Dr Julie Elie at the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded the 2026 Coller-Dolittle prize for two-way interspecies communication after working out the 11 core calls in the zebra finch vocabulary and their meanings.

Migrating swifts loyally return every year to nests in buildings, study finds

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:00:10 +0000

Conservationists emphasise importance of protecting nesting sites used by ‘strongly faithful’ red-listed species

Migratory swifts loyally return every year to their nests in buildings, according to a study, underlining the importance of providing the endangered birds with hollow nesting bricks if traditional nest sites are lost to renovations.