Breaking Waves: Ocean News

One of four lynx captured in Scottish Highlands dies

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 17:01:46 +0000

Postmortem will be carried out on wild cat, one of four humanely captured in Cairngorms after illegal release

One of the four lynx captured in the Scottish Highlands this week has died. The animal, which had been illegally released, was caught on Friday near Kingussie in the Cairngorms national park.

In utterly unsurprising news, Maga blames diversity for the Los Angeles wildfires

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:00:07 +0000

Elon Musk, one of the brightest minds of his generation, is saying it, so it must be true

How the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires: ‘We have tweaked nature and pissed it off’

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:00:06 +0000

John Vaillant, the author of Fire Weather, explains why fires such as those in Los Angeles are different from those before

When writing about the hot, dry Santa Ana winds and how they affect the behavior and imaginations of southern Californians, Joan Didion once said: “The winds show us how close to the edge we are.”

We built our world with fire. Now heat is destroying our lives | John Vaillant

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:43:36 +0000

We fell in love with the power and speed that fossil fuels brought us. But the price being paid in California, and around the world, has become too high

Bring North Sea oil and gas under greater public control, report urges

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:36:23 +0000

Common Wealth thinktank warns that communities and taxpayer may have to pick up pieces when production ends

North Sea oil and gas must be brought under greater public control to avoid a cliff-edge collapse of the industry and secure a sustainable future for workers and communities, according to a report.

Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists | Tzeporah Berman

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:00:02 +0000

Every barrel of oil, every cubic meter of gas, and every ton of coal burned brings us closer to environmental catastrophe

California wildfire victims pick up pieces as blazes rage on – in photos

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:26:43 +0000

Firefighters battle on as people across Los Angeles struggle to find a way forward on Friday

California wildfires – live

2024 was hottest year on record for world’s land and oceans, US scientists confirm

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:21:20 +0000

Noaa says last year was the warmest since records began in 1850 and Nasa concurs: ‘The long-term trends are very clear’

It was the hottest year ever recorded for the world’s lands and oceans in 2024, US government scientists have confirmed, providing yet another measure of how the climate crisis is pushing humanity into temperatures we have previously never experienced.

The Guardian view on the LA fires: Donald Trump’s denial and division fuel climate inaction | Editorial

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:06:34 +0000

Events in California reveal how political obstruction is deepening a climate crisis that needs urgent action to prevent it becoming an irreversible disaster

World’s ugliest lawn winner says she leaves watering to Mother Nature

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:00:40 +0000

New Zealand garden takes first prize in global competition designed to promote water conservation

A sun-scorched patch of lawn near Christchurch, in New Zealand, has been crowned the ugliest lawn in the world.

Now in its second year, the World’s Ugliest Lawn competition rewards lawn owners for not watering their parched yellow grass and patchy flowerbeds.