Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Schools shuttered and Taj Mahal obscured as smog envelopes Delhi

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 02:53:08 +0000

Primary schools ordered to cease in-person classes as air pollution deteriorates to dangerous levels in Indian capital

India’s capital Delhi has ordered all primary schools to cease in-person classes until further notice due to worsening pollution in the sprawling megacity, while 220km away the country’s monument to love, the Taj Mahal, was also obscured by toxic smog.

‘Learn how to safely catch funnel-webs’: Sydneysiders tasked with hunt for venom as spiders’ breeding season begins

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 02:24:38 +0000

Baby spiders collected from egg sacs via Australian Reptile Park’s yearly callout are vital to creating lifesaving antivenom

Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:01:11 +0000

Future UN conferences should only be held in countries that show support for climate action, urge influential group

Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report

Future UN climate summits should be held only in countries that can show clear support for climate action and have stricter rules on fossil fuel lobbying, according to a group of influential climate policy experts.

Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:01:11 +0000

Fossil fuel-linked lobbyists outnumber delegations of almost every country at climate talks in Baku, analysis finds

Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts

At least 1,773 coal, oil, and gas lobbyists have been granted access to the United Nations climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, a new report has found, raising concerns about the planet-heating industry’s influence on the negotiations.

New study reveals half a century of change on Britain's iconic limestone pavements

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:02:04 +0000

Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK. The findings, which reveal large changes since the 1970s, are from the first national assessment in half a century of plants and vegetation in Britain's rare and iconic limestone pavements.

Land-use policy rethink vital to hit net zero

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:58:14 +0000

Changing how land-use subsidies are implemented would give UK taxpayers better value for money and improve chances of meeting environmental targets such as Net Zero.

Frog populations once decimated by disease mount a major comeback

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:57:25 +0000

Thanks to the consistent and focused efforts of researchers and conservationists to save, then reintroduce, mountain yellow-legged frogs to lakes in Yosemite National Park, their populations are again thriving.

My moth hell has given me sympathy for all fellow sufferers – even the 1% | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:04:28 +0000

When infestations affect Notting Hill billionaires, it reminds you that it’s the little winged bastards who truly own this city

Almost half of Valencia’s flood victims were aged over 70, figures show

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:04:20 +0000

Police reveal ages and genders of the 216 people who died in Valencia, along with eight other victims elsewhere in Spain

Almost half of the 216 people known to have died in the catastrophic floods that hit the eastern Spanish region of Valencia at the end of October were 70 or above, according to a police analysis.

World’s largest known coral discovered in Solomon Islands

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:09:09 +0000

Gigantic multicoloured organism is visible from space and has grown for between 300 and 500 years

The world’s largest known coral, visible from space, has been discovered in the waters of the Solomon Islands.

With a circumference of 183 metres, the gigantic multicoloured organism is an intricate network of individual coral polyps that have grown for between 300 and 500 years.