Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Octopus Energy urges millions of households to use less electricity during solar eclipse

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:13:39 +0000

Firm urges customers to avoid running washing machines and dishwashers between 6pm and 8pm on Wednesday

An ambitious new project in Florida is giving marine scientists hope: ‘I just see so much potential’

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:44 +0000

Conservationists have created a ‘coastal corridor’ of ocean-based projects designed to preserve and nourish vulnerable marine life

‘Unprecedented, dangerous territory’: US north-west reckons with a summer of historic wildfires

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:00:44 +0000

Extreme conditions in Washington and Oregon have fueled fast-moving fires, leaving the region draped in toxic plumes – and the danger isn’t over

Piles of twisted metal and ashen debris line the cul-de-sacs where the tranquil suburbs of Spokane, Washington, once stood.

Invisible poison: living with mercury pollution in the Colombian Amazon – in pictures

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:00:42 +0000

Rainforest communities face a silent crisis as mercury from gold mining contaminates their food and water

Fast-moving wildfire engulfs hills in western Canada – video

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:07:09 +0000

Thousands of residents in British Columbia's wine and orchard region were ordered to evacuate on Saturday as a fast-moving wildfire in western Canada nearly doubled in size overnight. The Bald Range fire was burning out of control across about 9,500 hectares, prompting evacuation orders in Summerland, Peachland and other districts west of Okanagan Lake

Canadian government steps in as ‘out of control’ wildfires force thousands to flee

I should be happy to have a pigeon for a friend. But she wouldn’t be my first choice | Emma Beddington

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:42 +0000

Truman Capote had a ‘crow bro’; Dickens had a raven. And I get standoffish Susan, who has never brought me a present or perched on my shoulder

Typhoon Dolphin: more than a million people evacuated in China as record rainfall dumped on Shanghai

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:46:36 +0000

Authorities warn that days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding and landslides as storm moves north and further inland

More than a million people were moved to safety across eastern China by Sunday evening as powerful Typhoon Dolphin made landfall amid fears torrential rain would cause flooding and landslides.

World’s seas have hit hottest temperature on record for July, say scientists

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:00:31 +0000

Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was highest on record for July, beating previous high in 2023

The world’s seas were hotter last month than in any July on record, scientists have said, as devastating heat struck western Europe.

Canadian government steps in as ‘out of control’ wildfires force thousands to flee

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:20:25 +0000

British Columbia battling 102 fires day and night across province, as breakneck speed hampers firefighters’ efforts

Canada’s federal government has announced it will provide urgent assistance to British Columbia after an onslaught of unprecedented fast-moving wildfires that killed one person and forced about 22,000 people to flee their homes in frantic evacuations.

A total of 102 wildfires were raging across the province on Sunday, of which nearly half were categorised as “out of control”, according to the BC Wildfire Service. Of those fires, 78 ignited during the past week.

Lake Mead plummets to historic low water level as Colorado River struggles

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:05:38 +0000

Levels at reservoir along Arizona-Nevada border dipped below previous record set in 2022, amid water crisis in west

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, the latest sign of a deepening water crisis in the American west.