Breaking Waves: Ocean News

As seas rise, American history could be washed away

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:00:06 +0000

In Jamestown, Virginia, one of the most important places in American history is in a race against time from rising waters

Sean Romo stops digging the moment he sees a faint line emerge in the sandy Virginia soil.

It’s just a slight change in color, but to Romo, director of archaeology for Jamestown Rediscovery, it may be another piece of America’s origin story.

Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:10:14 +0000

Office for Environmental Protection finds failures by department when it granted emergency authorisation in 2023 and 2024

The UK government breached environmental law on several occasions when granting farmers permission to use a bee-killing pesticide, a watchdog has found.

Donald Trump is the accidental hero of a real-life feelgood climate tale even as a creeping horror story plays alongside | Clear Air

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:00:02 +0000

Despite a deadly heatwave sweeping through Europe, the US president’s ineptness has created reason for optimism on the climate crisis

‘A sanitized view of America’: inside Trump’s campaign to erase US history from national parks

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:00:14 +0000

Critics say the Trump administration is trying to rewrite and whitewash history by removing and altering scores of signs on public lands

Jerry Bransford, a former US National Park Service (NPS) ranger, has always had a deep connection with the land he grew up on – and the land hundreds of feet below it. His great-great-grandfather, Materson “Mat” Bransford, was one of the earliest explorers of Mammoth Cave in south-central Kentucky, the largest known cave system on the planet.

Forecasters warn of record-breaking US summer heat amid intense El Niño

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:30:11 +0000

More than 100m people could be affected in week leading to 4 July, with increased risks of droughts and wildfires

Meteorologists are anticipating a tumultuous summer that could rank as one of the US’s hottest ever.

New data released on Tuesday showed the first six months of the year were the hottest ever measured for parts of eight western states.

Côte d’Ivoire floods kill 59 as west Africa endures torrential rains

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:01:32 +0000

Authorities say rainy season getting deadlier, with Ghana reporting 13 dead and floods hitting Benin, Togo and Nigeria

Floods in Côte d’Ivoire have killed 59 people since May, the communication minister told a cabinet meeting in Abidjan.

There are fears the toll could further rise as rescue teams continue to search for victims during the rainy season, which runs from May until July, the minister, Amadou Coulibaly, added.

Voyage to the end of the world: floating lab to explore life in Arctic adrift in ice

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:00:12 +0000

An eight-month expedition will set off soon from Norway on a mission to find new species before the climate crisis and pollution changes the northern ocean for ever

Six scientists and six crew will travel next month to Kirkenes, a remote Arctic town in Norway near the Russian border, to begin an odyssey to one of the most inhospitable, inaccessible and least-studied regions on Earth. There, they will climb onboard a futuristic, floating laboratory – the French-built Tara polar station.

Fans in short supply as next UK heatwave approaches, says Currys

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:28:16 +0000

Retailer says sharp rise in fan sales over the latest heatwave weekend left stores scrambling to source stock

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The boss of Currys has said supplies of air conditioning and fans are “tight” ahead of another UK heatwave, expected next week, after a boom in sales sent retailers scrambling to source new stock.

‘Exploratory and curious animals’: mysterious rise in orca sightings off Northumberland coast

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:00:05 +0000

Reasons for increase not clear but experts say it could be welcome sign marine ecosystem is becoming healthier

The Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast have long drawn fans of the natural world keen to catch sight of the resident guillemots and puffins.

But as recently as last week, another much bigger black-and-white animal has been delighting wildlife spotters. Orcas have been appearing more regularly than ever before.

Global boom in livestock farming since 2006 is piling pressure on nature, report finds

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:00:04 +0000

Wildlife at risk as demand for cropland and water grows to feed 50% rise in farmed animals, campaign alliance says

The number of mammals and poultry farmed worldwide has increased by half in the last two decades, research shows, and the amount of cropland used for feeding livestock has increased by about a quarter.

These increases are putting rising pressure on natural systems, threatening wildlife and plant species and adding to the climate crisis.