Breaking Waves: Ocean News

GB News joint owner loses fight over £34m of secretly salvaged silver

admin — Wed, 08 May 2024 18:34:52 +0000

Paul Marshall’s claim on thousands of WW2 silver bars successfully challenged by South African government

The joint owner of GB News has lost a legal battle with the South African government over £34m of silver secretly salvaged from a second world war shipwreck.

Paul Marshall, who is lining up a bid for the Daily Telegraph, had claimed ownership of 2,364 silver bars his company had recovered from the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

Disease and hunger soar in Latin America after floods and drought, study finds

admin — Wed, 08 May 2024 14:00:14 +0000

Climate chaos is threatening food production, trade and lives, says World Meteorological Organization

Hunger and disease are rising in Latin America after a year of record heat, floods and drought, a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has shown.

Scientists find ancient, endangered lamprey fish in Queensland, 1400 km north of its previous known range

admin — Wed, 08 May 2024 13:48:58 +0000

Scientists have confirmed the identity of an unusual, ancient and Endangered species of fish that is living in the coastal rivers of Queensland, about 1400 km north of where it was previously known to live.

Acceptance of animals in urban environments

admin — Wed, 08 May 2024 13:37:30 +0000

How do city residents feel about animals in their immediate surroundings? A recent study shows how different the acceptance of various wild animals in urban areas is. Important factors are the places where the animals are found and their level of popularity -- squirrels and ladybugs come out on top here. The results have important implications for urban planning and nature conservation.

Flooding in Brazil: then and now – in pictures

admin — Wed, 08 May 2024 10:02:41 +0000

Devastating floods in Rio Grande do Sul state have about left 90 dead with survivors seeking food and shelter

Brazil flooding death toll rises to 90

Heavy rains that began last week have caused rivers to flood, inundating whole towns and destroying roads and bridges across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target

admin — Wed, 08 May 2024 09:00:39 +0000

Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds

Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field

admin — Wed, 08 May 2024 06:00:38 +0000

Scientists reclassify Humboldt glacier, also known as La Corona, after it melted faster than expected

Venezuela has lost its last remaining glacier after it shrunk so much that scientists reclassified it as an ice field.

It is thought Venezuela is the first country to have lost all its glaciers in modern times.

Birdwatch: the invincible swift, effortless master of the air

admin — Wed, 08 May 2024 05:00:35 +0000

Also known as ‘devil birds’ for their haunting scream, they are just starting to arrive from sub-Saharan Africa

May Day dawns cold and breezy, with sullen grey clouds promising rain. Hope seems very far away. But then, a distant dark streak scythes through the skies over the Avalon Marshes, stiff-winged, direct and determined. A single swift, my first of the year.

Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply

admin — Tue, 07 May 2024 23:01:27 +0000

Report says humans may be on brink of cutting fossil fuel generation, even as demand for electricity rises

Renewable energy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to new figures.

Methane emissions: Australian cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to ‘climate neutral’ approach

admin — Tue, 07 May 2024 15:00:20 +0000

The US cattle industry adopted a ‘climate neutral’ goal in 2021 but scientists say that ‘misses the point’ in keeping global temperature rises below 1.5C