Breaking Waves: Ocean News

More than 200 authors renew call for Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuel

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 11:56:02 +0000

Fossil Free Books’ statement also demands that the book festival sponsor stops investing in ‘companies that profit from Israeli apartheid, occupation and genocide’

Water industry should be brought into public ownership, says MP Clive Lewis

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 11:30:18 +0000

Labour MP says privatisation is a failure and industry incapable of building infrastructure to deal with effects of climate breakdown

The privatisation of the water industry has failed and it should be brought into public ownership, the Labour MP Clive Lewis has said.

In an early day motion laid before parliament, Lewis said the industry had proved it was not capable of building the infrastructure required to deal with the impact of climate breakdown, including increased flooding and droughts.

Four kids left: The Thai school swallowed by the sea – video

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 10:47:18 +0000

Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population. Currently, there are only four students attending the school, often leaving just one in each classroom. The village has experienced severe coastal erosion, causing 1.1-2km (0.5-1.2 miles) of shoreline to disappear since the mid-1950s

How do you follow My Octopus Teacher? With crocodiles, otters and a new book

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 10:23:38 +0000

Oscar-winning film-maker Craig Foster on his first octopus encounter, the price of fame and his new video book about the power of connecting with animals

Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of almost 2m cars, researchers say

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:40 +0000

Free-roaming animals reintroduced in Romania’s Țarcu mountains are stimulating plant growth and securing carbon stored in the soil while grazing

A herd of 170 bison reintroduced to Romania’s Țarcu mountains could help store CO2 emissions equivalent to removing almost 2m cars from the road for a year, research has found, demonstrating how the animals help mitigate the worst effects of the climate crisis.

MPs and peers urge Sunak to U-turn on oil and gas extraction plans

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 05:00:33 +0000

Cross-party group of 50 calls on prime minister to appoint climate envoy and back Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance

A cross-party group of MPs and peers has urged Rishi Sunak to make a U-turn on his oil and gas extraction plans as part of a broader plea to increase efforts to address the climate crisis.

The 50 politicians, including three Conservatives, wrote to the prime minister calling for the UK to regain its international leadership on the crisis by ending the licensing of new oil and gas fields, appointing a climate envoy, and backing the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance.

‘Impossible’ heatwave struck Philippines in April, scientists find

admin — Tue, 14 May 2024 21:00:21 +0000

Human-caused climate crisis brought soaring temperatures across Asia, from Gaza to Delhi to Manila

The record-breaking heatwave that scorched the Philippines in April would have been impossible without the climate crisis, scientists have found. Searing heat above 40C (104F) struck across Asia in April, causing deaths, water shortages, crop losses and widespread school closures.

House Democrats launch investigation into Trump’s alleged offers to oil executives

admin — Tue, 14 May 2024 19:16:09 +0000

Democrats on the House oversight committee sent letters to oil executives asking about alleged $1bn quid pro quo offer

House Democrats have launched an investigation into a meeting between oil company executives and Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago home and club last month, following reports that the former president offered to dismantle Biden’s environmental rules and requested $1bn in contributions to his presidential campaign.

Mosaic grassland landscapes are the most beneficial

admin — Tue, 14 May 2024 18:14:31 +0000

Grassland provides many services for humans, animals and nature, such as feed production, carbon storage and recreation. Researchers spent two years investigating permanent grassland, its utilization, soils and plant communities in order to quantify the resulting ecosystem services. Grassland performs best when different types of use such as meadows, pastures and unfertilized extensive grassland exist together in a mosaic landscape.

UK is failing to put climate crisis at centre of national security measures, MPs told

admin — Tue, 14 May 2024 17:37:01 +0000

Experts say changing climate is ‘threat multiplier’ and that US and Germany already include it in planning

The US, Germany and other countries are putting the climate crisis at the heart of their national security plans but the UK is failing to do likewise, experts have told the government.

Extreme weather and heat are killing increasing numbers of people, damaging economies and forcing millions around the world to flee their homes, adding to an already unstable geopolitical situation, MPs were told on Tuesday at a select committee hearing.