Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:38:25 +0000

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere soared by a record amount in 2024 to hit another high, UN data shows, deepening the climate crisis that is already taking lives and livelihoods across the world.

Nature groups rebuke Reeves for ‘cynical’ 11th-hour planning bill changes

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:33:58 +0000

Chancellor accused of removing environmental protections to win short-term growth and save her budget

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Last-minute changes to the government’s planning bill have sparked a furious backlash from nature groups who have mounted an attack on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, over her plans to remove environmental protections.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards – in pictures

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:00:18 +0000

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an annual competition hosted by the Natural History Museum in London, which awards top honours in various categories for outstanding photography

Watchdog rules Red Tractor exaggerated its environmental standards

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:10:45 +0000

The Advertising Standards Authority agrees with River Action that the food safety body’s 2023 advert misled the public

The UK’s advertising watchdog has upheld a complaint that Britain’s biggest farm assurance scheme misled the public in a TV ad about its environmental standards.

Wednesday briefing: The new, devastating flood risk facing nearly all of Britain

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 05:22:35 +0000

In today’s newsletter: Flooding is predicted to become so bad that some towns may need to be abandoned, and it’s not even campaigners raising the alarm – but insurers

Good morning. For years, whenever I read about parts of Britain being wrecked by flooding, it always felt like something distant – because until your house is flooded, it’s hard to imagine it happening, isn’t it? Not any more.

Plantwatch: An extraordinary orchid that lives and flowers underground

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 05:00:14 +0000

Botanist trying to conserve highly vulnerable rhizanthella that survives by feeding on nutrients from a fungus

Rhizanthella is an extraordinary orchid that lives its entire life underground. It flowers below ground, has no leaves and survives by feeding on nutrients from a fungus that gets its food from the soil and by connecting with roots of the broom bush, Melaleuca uncinata.

‘She died because of the flood’: Filipinos rise up as outrage over corruption scandal grows

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 05:00:14 +0000

Allegations related to flood control projects have sparked widespread anger and protests in the Philippines

Philippine health worker Christina Padora waded through July’s waist-high flood water to check on vaccines and vital medications stored in the village clinic, something she had regularly done during previous typhoons.

But this time she didn’t make it. Taking hold of a metal pole that she failed to see was connected to a live wire, the 49-year-old was fatally electrocuted in the water.

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 04:00:13 +0000

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

Britain must prepare for global heating far in excess of the level scientists have pegged as the limit of safety, the government’s climate advisers have warned, as current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate.

Newsom vetoes California bill banning cookware with Pfas, ‘forever chemicals’

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:11:08 +0000

Governor says bill would cause sudden product shift, sparking debate among chefs, lawmakers and environmentalists

Gavin Newsom vetoed a California bill that was set to ban the sale of cookware and other consumer goods manufactured with Pfas, also known as “forever chemicals”, human-made compounds linked to a range of health issues.

The Guardian view on the rising risk from flooding: uninsurable buildings should focus minds on climate adaptation | Editorial

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:58:52 +0000

The bleak future faced by one small town offers a cautionary tale about the threat from global heating