Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘After three days we found her alive’: the ‘miracle’ rescues after Spanish floods

admin — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 18:39:36 +0000

Media reported stories of survivors including the woman trapped in her car in a flooded underpass for 72 hours

Her car was among the scores that were swept up in Spain’s deadly floods, tossed about by the mud-coloured waters that surged on to streets. But after 72 hours spent trapped in an underpass, the woman was hailed as one of the lucky ones.

Florida may enshrine hunting and fishing by ‘traditional methods’ – but what are they?

admin — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 17:00:48 +0000

Conservationists worry amendment 2 will open the door to banned practices like blast fishing and undercut their work

On election day, Florida voters will decide whether to enshrine a constitutional right to hunt and fish in their state.

Thousands of blue-clad protesters join London march for clean water

admin — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 16:09:22 +0000

More than 130 organisations take part in protest demanding government action over country’s sewage crisis

Thousands of blue-clad protesters have told the government to “stop poisoning Britain’s water” as they marched through London calling for action on the country’s contaminated coastal waters and rivers.

A coalition of more than 130 nature, environmental and water-sport organisations called supporters out on to the streets of the capital on Sunday afternoon, aiming to create the country’s biggest ever protest over water.

Labour MPs push back against anti-pylon lobbying despite local opposition

admin — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:38:09 +0000

Letter by 61 Labour MPs supports ‘cheapest and most pragmatic’ plan for new electricity infrastructure

More than 60 Labour MPs have formed a bloc to push back against anti-pylon lobbying by Conservative and Green MPs, saying they back plans to build the pylons despite local opposition in several areas.

Mud and insults thrown as Spanish king and PM visit flood-hit town

admin — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 13:21:42 +0000

King Felipe heckled in Paiporta, one of the municipalities worst affected by last week’s floods

Hundreds of people have heckled Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia, as well as the prime minister and the regional leader of Valencia – throwing mud and shouting “murderers” – as the group attempted an official visit to one of the municipalities hardest hit by the deadly floods.

My mother nursed a life-affirming 25-year grudge. Hard as I try, I don’t have the attention span | Zoe Williams

admin — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 12:39:22 +0000

It turns out long-held resentments exist even in the animal kingdom. Does that mean they hold an evolutionary advantage?

If Trump wins the election, these 11 issues will be under threat

admin — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 12:00:44 +0000

A second Trump term will threaten everything from freedom of the press and gun safety to foreign policy, abortion, immigration and climate change. The impact will be felt in many aspects of American life and across the world

If Donald Trump returns to the White House for a second term as president, the impact will be felt in many aspects of American life and also across the world.

On almost every issue of domestic US policy – from immigration to the environment to gun laws to LGBTQ+ rights – Trump has tacked far to the right of the American mainstream.

‘We didn’t realise how hard it is’: small farmers in Europe struggle to get by

admin — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 09:54:21 +0000

Brutal economic situation has inflicted misery on farmers who struggle to turn a profit and forced some to look for alternative streams of revenue

Cop16 ends in disarray and indecision despite biodiversity breakthroughs

admin — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 06:00:37 +0000

Conservation summit agrees global levy on drugs from nature’s genetics and stronger indigenous representation, but developing nations furious at unmet funding promises

A global summit on halting the destruction of nature ended in disarray on Saturday, with some breakthroughs but key issues left unresolved.

Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site

admin — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 15:23:02 +0000

Plant’s owners hope analysis of tiny sample will help to establish how to safely decommission facility

A piece of the radioactive fuel left from the meltdown of Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been retrieved from the site using a remote-controlled robot.