Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Devon residents told to boil tap water over risk of parasitic disease

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 14:12:22 +0000

South West Water has detected ‘small traces’ of parasite in drinking supply that can cause diarrhoea-type disease

Boil your tap water before you drink it, residents in Devon have been told, after 22 cases of a parasitic disease were confirmed.

South West Water has detected what it calls “small traces” of a parasite that can cause a diarrhoea-type disease in the drinking supply around the town of Brixham.

I swapped my south LA lawn for a verdant microfarm - now I feed the neighborhood

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 14:00:41 +0000

Read more from the DIY Climate Changers, a new series on everyday people’s creative solutions to the climate crisis

More than 200 authors renew call for Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuel

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 11:56:02 +0000

Fossil Free Books’ statement also demands that the book festival sponsor stops investing in ‘companies that profit from Israeli apartheid, occupation and genocide’

Water industry should be brought into public ownership, says MP Clive Lewis

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 11:30:18 +0000

Labour MP says privatisation is a failure and industry incapable of building infrastructure to deal with effects of climate breakdown

The privatisation of the water industry has failed and it should be brought into public ownership, the Labour MP Clive Lewis has said.

In an early day motion laid before parliament, Lewis said the industry had proved it was not capable of building the infrastructure required to deal with the impact of climate breakdown, including increased flooding and droughts.

Four kids left: The Thai school swallowed by the sea – video

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 10:47:18 +0000

Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population. Currently, there are only four students attending the school, often leaving just one in each classroom. The village has experienced severe coastal erosion, causing 1.1-2km (0.5-1.2 miles) of shoreline to disappear since the mid-1950s

How do you follow My Octopus Teacher? With crocodiles, otters and a new book

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 10:23:38 +0000

Oscar-winning film-maker Craig Foster on his first octopus encounter, the price of fame and his new video book about the power of connecting with animals

Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of almost 2m cars, researchers say

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:40 +0000

Free-roaming animals reintroduced in Romania’s Țarcu mountains are stimulating plant growth and securing carbon stored in the soil while grazing

A herd of 170 bison reintroduced to Romania’s Țarcu mountains could help store CO2 emissions equivalent to removing almost 2m cars from the road for a year, research has found, demonstrating how the animals help mitigate the worst effects of the climate crisis.

Top US ethics watchdog investigating Trump over dinner with oil bosses

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:39 +0000

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ‘taking very serious look’ at whether Mar-a-Lago meeting justifies legal action

A powerful watchdog group that has been at the forefront of efforts to hold Donald Trump accountable for constitutional violations is investigating whether his Mar-a-Lago meeting with oil company executives last month merits legal action.

MPs and peers urge Sunak to U-turn on oil and gas extraction plans

admin — Wed, 15 May 2024 05:00:33 +0000

Cross-party group of 50 calls on prime minister to appoint climate envoy and back Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance

A cross-party group of MPs and peers has urged Rishi Sunak to make a U-turn on his oil and gas extraction plans as part of a broader plea to increase efforts to address the climate crisis.

The 50 politicians, including three Conservatives, wrote to the prime minister calling for the UK to regain its international leadership on the crisis by ending the licensing of new oil and gas fields, appointing a climate envoy, and backing the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance.

‘Impossible’ heatwave struck Philippines in April, scientists find

admin — Tue, 14 May 2024 21:00:21 +0000

Human-caused climate crisis brought soaring temperatures across Asia, from Gaza to Delhi to Manila

The record-breaking heatwave that scorched the Philippines in April would have been impossible without the climate crisis, scientists have found. Searing heat above 40C (104F) struck across Asia in April, causing deaths, water shortages, crop losses and widespread school closures.