Breaking Waves: Ocean News

England’s toxic road runoff pollution being ignored, MPs told

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:47:06 +0000

Carcinogens entering waterways from 25,000 road outflows are not monitored or regulated by Environment Agency, committee hears

Toxic, carcinogenic pollution that pours from 25,000 road outflows into rivers in England is being ignored by politicians and regulators, MPs have been told.

The far right’s green bashing has given mainstream parties an excuse to do nothing – but we have more agency than we think | Ajit Niranjan

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:00:48 +0000

As powerful forces push back against green forces, it is little surprise that many of us feel dismay. Climate scientists do, too. But together we can take action to challenge the prevailing apathy

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Just a pole and line, like they fished as boys: how a Maldives tradition is ensuring tuna stocks thrive

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 07:00:46 +0000

The country’s fisheries and the health of its seas still rely on a method practised for nearly 1,000 years – catching skipjack tuna one fish at a time

Photographs and video by Ibrahim Bassam

Weatherwatch: Repair of ozone layer is making the planet warmer, study finds

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 05:00:42 +0000

Scientists say ozone is warming Earth by 40% more than expected but that repair is still right thing to do

The repair of the Earth’s ozone layer has been a success, but a new study reveals a downside: ozone is warming the planet up to 40% more than originally anticipated.

Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:43 +0000

Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists say

The extreme weather that fuelled “astonishing” blazes across Spain and Portugal last month was made 40 times more likely by climate breakdown, early analysis suggests.

The deadly wildfires, which torched 500,000 hectares (1.2m acres) of the Iberian peninsula in a matter of weeks, were also 30% more intense than scientists would have expected in a world without climate change, according to researchers from the World Weather Attribution network.

Labour could end badger cull but only with Covid-style testing and vaccines – report

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:41 +0000

Review says ministers have only ‘small chance’ of wiping out bovine tuberculosis by 2038 without more investment

Labour can end the badger cull but only with a Covid-19 style focus on testing and vaccinating, the author of a government-commissioned report has said.

Ministerial plans to stop the shooting of the animals can be achieved but at a cost to the Treasury, the report warns.

How to protect US students from heat in schools – and is it time to rethink summer break?

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:30:21 +0000

US schools were built for a cooler climate that no longer exists. Now they face record-high temperatures

Four Chinese carmakers enter Australian top 10 for first time, while Tesla sales slump

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:32:23 +0000

BYD overtakes Mitsubishi after nearly quadrupling sales in past year, according to official figures, as GWM, MG and Chery also surge

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Shell scraps construction of biofuels plant in Rotterdam

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:56:33 +0000

Oil firm, which paused project in 2024, will not restart work because facility deemed ‘insufficiently competitive’

Shell has axed the construction of its biofuels plant in the Netherlands, ending what would have been one of the biggest converters of waste into green jet fuel in Europe.

Abandoned Queensland coal borehole found to be emitting 10,000 cars’ worth of greenhouse gas

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:36:26 +0000

The hole – about 100 metres deep – was not visible from the surface – and there could be thousands more like it

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