Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Could pawpaw, the US-native fruit, become the new kiwi or mango?

admin — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 14:00:04 +0000

Pawpaw, a tree fruit that can help farmers and the environment, stays resilient in face of a climate crisis

Cows help farms capture more carbon in soil, study shows

admin — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 13:07:34 +0000

Research also reveals that a mixture of arable crops and cattle helps improve the biodiversity of the land

Cows may belch methane into the atmosphere at alarming rates, but new data shows they may play an important role in renewing farm soil.

Research by the Soil Association Exchange shows that farms with a mixture of arable crops and livestock have about a third more carbon stored within their soil than those with only arable crops, thanks to the animals’ manure.

If Trump wins the election, US parks and wildlife will face a new age of mining

admin — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 10:00:12 +0000

Intense heat in the north, epic rains in Miami, fires in New Mexico and California. Trump plans for ‘energy dominance’, removing protection from mining and drilling on public lands

This article was produced in partnership with the non-profit newsroom Type Investigations, with support from the Wayne Barrett Project.

‘It’s hugely moving’: sea turtle nests in Greece reach record numbers

admin — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 07:00:08 +0000

Conservationists celebrate as efforts to save the Caretta caretta sea turtle, which has existed for 100m years, pay off

After nearly a quarter of a century observing one of the world’s most famous sea turtle nesting grounds, Charikleia Minotou is convinced of one thing: nature, she says, has a way of “sending messages”.

UK climate envoy to keep role at charity whose founders invest in fossil fuels

admin — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 06:00:11 +0000

Supporters rally to Rachel Kyte after criticism of appointment over link to investment firm Quadrature Capital

The UK’s new climate envoy will retain her role on the board of a charity whose founders made a multimillion-pound donation to the Labour party and have investments in fossil fuels, the Guardian has learned.

Grim new death records as brutal heat plagues US south-west into the autumn

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 20:02:17 +0000

September has offered little reprieve after a sweltering summer, with Las Vegas on 102nd day of temperatures above 100F

Brutal heat continues to plague the south-west US, with excessive heat alerts lingering long into September as parts of the region set grim new records for deaths connected to the sweltering temperatures.

Bottom-breathing turtle among Queensland endangered species under threat from invasive fish

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:00:40 +0000

Record floods propel aggressive Mozambique tilapia throughout Mary River, compromising efforts to save ancient fish and endangered turtles

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Green roofs and solar chimneys are here – experts say it’s time to use them

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:00:36 +0000

Builders already have the tools needed to build cooler homes for an increasingly hotter world

The US sweltered under record-breaking heat this year, with new research suggesting that air conditioning is no longer enough to keep homes cool. Spiraling energy demands and costs of indoor cooling now have planners looking to alternative ways to keep buildings cool – some fresh out of the lab, others centuries old.

Just Stop Oil activists jailed for throwing soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:53:01 +0000

Phoebe Plummer, 23, receives two-year prison term while Anna Holland, 22, given 20-month sentence over incident

Two Just Stop Oil activists have been jailed for throwing tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers after one of them told a judge she would “accept whatever sentences I receive with a smile”.

Country Diary 100 years on: sheep and dogs dominate over rabbits and house martins

admin — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:37:55 +0000

Domesticated creatures feature heavily in contemporary contributions to Guardian column compared to diaries of 1920s

In the early 1920s, the British countryside was a place where blackbirds sang, rabbits scurried and the summer skies were animated by swallows and house martins. A century on, blackbirds still sing and ancient oaks stand proud but the landscape is dominated by sheep, cows and dogs – according to Guardian country diarists.