Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Firefly species may blink out as US seeks to list it as endangered for first time

admin — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:14:24 +0000

Bethany Beach firefly, found in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, faces dangers to habitat because of climate change

The US government is seeking to consider a firefly species as endangered for the first time, according to a proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Parrots overwhelm Argentinian town with screeching, poo and power outages

admin — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:53:43 +0000

Birds outnumber residents in Hilario Ascasubi, after deforestation leads them to seek food, shelter and water

The town of Hilario Ascasubi near Argentina’s eastern Atlantic coast has a parrot problem.

Thousands of the green, yellow and red birds have invaded, driven by deforestation in the surrounding hills, according to biologists. They bite on the town’s electric cables, causing outages, and are driving residents around the bend with their incessant screeching and deposits everywhere of parrot poo.

A butterfly: ‘elbowing each other with the joints on their legs, pushing and shoving to get at the liquid’

admin — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:00:09 +0000

We learn about butterflies when we are small because it is foreshadowing: you too will change. But they are an imperfect metaphor for what it feels like to live

The very funny naturalist and writer Redmond O’Hanlon was on a sandbank on the edge of a river in Borneo when hundreds of butterflies started to fly towards him and his travel companion and landed on their boots, trousers, and shirts, and “sucked the sweat from our arms.”

Australia’s ‘immoral’ coalmine decision akin to drowning its Pacific neighbours, Tuvalu’s climate minister declares

admin — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:00:08 +0000

Labor government has undermined case to co-host 2026 UN climate summit with island nations, Dr Maina Talia declares

Mount Everest is having a growth spurt, say researchers

admin — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:00:04 +0000

River erosion has pushed the mountain upwards and added an extra 15 to 50 metres over the past 89,000 years

Climbing Mount Everest has always been a feat, but it seems the task might be getting harder: researchers say Everest is having something of a growth spurt.

Senior Tories may push for party to become pro-fracking

admin — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:08:50 +0000

Calls grow for lifting of moratorium on onshore drilling in England to become policy under new leader

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Senior Conservatives are considering pushing for a lifting of the moratorium on fracking in England to become party policy.

Atlanta issues warnings about chemical plant fire with smoke visible miles away

admin — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:11:29 +0000

Interstate highway shut down in both directions in the area, as residents urged to evacuate or shelter in place

Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated while others were told to shelter in place on Sunday to avoid contaminants from a chemical plant fire that sent a huge tower of dark smoke into the air that could be seen from miles away.

Interstate 20 was shut down in both directions in the area, the Georgia department of transportation said in a post on X. Reports said traffic was snarled as vehicles backed up.

Feud erupts between Florida officials over proposed trash incineration plant

admin — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:00:02 +0000

Lawmakers in Miami-Dade and Broward counties at odds regarding using former airport site to build ‘toxic’ facility

Residents of two south Florida counties are feuding over the proposed construction of a huge trash incineration plant that environmentalists say will subject thousands of people to toxic fumes and a risk of polluted drinking water.

EPA will withdraw approval of Chevron plastic-based fuels likely to cause cancer

admin — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:00:11 +0000

The decision comes after a ProPublica and Guardian investigation revealed that the EPA had found that one of the fuels had a huge cancer risk

The deep history of British coal – from the Romans to the Ratcliffe shutdown

admin — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:58:27 +0000

With the last coal-fired plant closing on Monday, we chart the rise and fall of the once-indispensable fuel that powered modern Britain

End of an era as Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down

Britain’s transition to a low-carbon future has reached a milestone with the closure of its last remaining coal-fired power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire.