Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Tick bites are on the rise in the US and UK. Here’s how to protect yourself

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:00:50 +0000

Experts share tips to avoid the blood-sucking pests that can transmit Lyme disease and other illnesses on to humans

I won’t go into gory detail about the tick I found latched behind my ear approximately 35 hours after a hike in early June. Suffice it to say, the parasite was well fed, and I was horrified.

Stand still, make eye contact: Denmark tells tourists how to behave in a wolf encounter

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:45:02 +0000

Government urges visitors not to approach or feed wolves as it manages safety amid growing population

Danish authorities have advised tourists to stand still, make eye contact and put up “maximum resistance” in the event of attack if they encounter a wolf while on holiday.

After a 200-year absence, wolves started returning to Denmark in 2012. There are now estimated to be 49 wolves on the Danish peninsula of Jutland.

We received no alert, say leaders of First Nations communities razed by Canadian wildfires

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:45:30 +0000

Chiefs in Ontario say they were left to self-evacuate before homes burned to ground, after being told there was no imminent threat

Fast-moving wildfires have burned two First Nations communities in Canada to the ground, as members said they were left to self-evacuate without government help or emergency alerts.

Climate and rock art advocates take on Woodside’s ‘carbon bomb’ WA gas project in federal court

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:18:09 +0000

Albanese government’s approval of North West Shelf gas extension being challenged by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art

The Albanese government’s decision to approve one of the world’s largest gas projects in Western Australia is being challenged in the federal court, setting up a significant test of how Australia’s environment law deals with the climate crisis.

Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed every day in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:09:45 +0000

Decline in clearing of trees and shrubs offset by sharp jump in clearing of non-woody vegetation

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Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:00:09 +0000

Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’

The UK will not have enough water for future datacentres, the water industry has said in stark criticism of the government’s AI growth plans.

Datacentres rely on large amounts of water to manage the heat generated by densely packed servers. Cooling towers, chillers and humidification systems make direct use of this water, with large volumes also consumed indirectly through high electrical power needs.

Slowdown in Arctic ice melt ends after largest winter decline on record

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:00:48 +0000

Scientists recorded slower reduction over past 20 years, but study finds this was ‘temporary rather than sustained’

A previously recorded slowdown in Arctic sea ice decline has ended, according to a new study, with the largest year-to-year wintertime reduction ever recorded.

Rescuers in Afghanistan search for missing and dead after flash floods destroy homes

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:31:06 +0000

National disaster agency confirms ‘severe financial and human losses’ in eastern province of Nuristan

Rescue crews in Afghanistan are searching for survivors and bodies among the rubble of houses destroyed by devastating flash floods that authorities said had killed nearly two dozen people and left more than 100 people missing.

Tropical Storm Bertha heads for land as Hurricane Fausto forms in eastern Pacific

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:55:04 +0000

Bertha could bring heavy rain on US Gulf coast, with its center located 110 miles south of Panama City, Florida

Tropical Storm Bertha formed on Monday evening in the Gulf of Mexico south of the Florida Panhandle as it drifts erratically toward populated coastal areas, bringing a threat of heavy rain, storm surge and damaging wind gusts.

Meanwhile, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Hurricane Fausto formed far from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and posed no threat to land on Monday night.

Australian ski resorts smash July climate records with temperatures 12C above average

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:00:45 +0000

Resorts in New South Wales and Victoria face a warm and dry start to the season with only sporadic falls of natural snow in many alpine areas

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