Breaking Waves: Ocean News

There’s no fortune to be made, but there’s a reason we keep looking for these glassy treasures down in the mud | Mic Looby

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:00:36 +0000

Sifting for bottles together never gets old – it’s the idea that something so fragile could have survived for so long in one piece and in one place

My family and I have a weird hobby. We like to dig for old bottles. It’s something we stumbled upon, quite literally, one soggy weekend.

On a visit to the family farm, we were exploring a shady gully below the house, where an occasional creek meandered down the hill. One of the kids tripped on a jutting ridge in the mud. Dug up and sluiced out, the object revealed itself to be a round, honey-hued medicine bottle.

Clean water campaigners claim victory in Windermere sewage case

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:00:33 +0000

United Utilities has dropped legal fight to block access to data on the discharge of treated sewage in Lake District

The water company United Utilities has conceded defeat in its legal battle to block public access to data on treated sewage it is discharging into Windermere in the Lake District.

Shutdown at Mexico toxic waste plant after Guardian investigation revealed pollution in nearby homes

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:47:26 +0000

Mexican officials ordered facility to shut down after report on very high levels of pollutants in surrounding neighborhood

‘It’s an absolute travesty’: fears for border wildlife as Trump takes office

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:00:34 +0000

Environmentalists are braced for new construction on the president’s signature border wall – and the damage that would wreak

Wealth of US ‘oil-garchs’ went up 15% in nine months as industry figures plan Trump inauguration party

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:00:29 +0000

Oil and gas firms have given more than $75m to Trump’s campaign and stand to benefit from his ‘drill, baby drill’ plan

As Joe Biden warns in his farewell address as president that “an oligarchy is taking shape in America”, a new report reveals that US fossil fuel billionaires’ wealth increased by 15% over the past nine months. Some of those wealthy figures will be at parties in DC celebrating Trump’s inauguration on Monday and expecting further rewards for his “drill, baby, drill” energy agenda.

The perfect storm: why did LA’s wildfires explode out of control?

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:00:24 +0000

A combustible combination of factors laid the groundwork for disaster. Will LA learn the lessons from the fires as it moves forward?

Dr Edith de Guzman watched the flames of the Palisades fire rolling through the Santa Monica mountains out of the windows of her University of California, Los Angeles, classroom last week.

Humpback whales back in Britain, with rise in sightings from Kent to Isles of Scilly

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:00:20 +0000

More sightings may be a positive sign for growing population but also indicative of effect of climate change

The slap of an enormous tail upon grey waters as a humpback whale leaps from the sea is becoming an increasingly possible – although still rare – natural thrill around Britain.

The 30-tonne, 15 metre-long migratory giants are being spotted in growing numbers and locations this winter from Kent to the Isles of Scilly.

Fire reignites at California battery plant after evacuations amid toxic smoke

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:00:12 +0000

Blaze erupts in Monterey county at one of world’s largest battery storage plants, causing highway and school closures

A fire at one of the world’s largest battery-storage plants in northern California flared up again on Friday afternoon, sending up plumes of toxic smoke after authorities had said the blaze was mostly over.

These are the hazards Californians face after fires – and what homeowners can do to protect themselves

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:00:04 +0000

Angelenos returning to homes in burned areas could be exposed to toxic materials and mudslides

The wildfires raging across the Los Angeles landscape have destroyed many thousands of homes and buildings and damaged hundreds more.

And each property, experts warn, could pose a risk to Angelenos even long after the flames are extinguished.

Martin Rowson on the record leap in global CO2 levels – cartoon

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:32:16 +0000