Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘Buy your back brace now’: The Bear sidesteps the grueling physical costs of restaurant work

admin — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:02:54 +0000

The hit show shows how kitchens are pressure cookers of stress, but not how professional cooking ravages the body

Noel Gallagher says Glastonbury is ‘a bit woke now’ and criticises political musicians

admin — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:25:25 +0000

Former Oasis guitarist describes festival, which has long championed political causes, as ‘kind of preachy and a bit virtue-signalling’

Noel Gallagher has decried Glastonbury festival, long a champion of leftwing political causes such as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, as “getting a bit woke now”.

Rewilding plan aims to bring majestic white storks to London

admin — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 07:42:14 +0000

Working group to look at where birds might be introduced and engage with boroughs and local community in capital

White storks could soon be wheeling in the skies above London and building their huge nests among towers, flats and spires as a result of new rewilding plans.

Week in wildlife – in pictures: joyriding birds, a rare golden cat and a surprise king cobra

admin — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 06:00:01 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Drone footage shows trail of destruction caused by Hurricane Beryl in Grenada – video

admin — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 18:58:51 +0000

Drone footage released by the Grenadian prime minister's office showed widespread destruction on the island of Carriacou after Hurricane Beryl struck. After his visit to Carriacou, Grenada's prime minister, Dickon Mitchell, described the aftermath of the category 4 storm as 'Armageddon-like'. Mitchell said about 98% of the buildings were either damaged or demolished, and the electrical grid and communication systems were almost entirely obliterated

Hurricane Beryl barrels through Cayman Islands after battering Jamaica

admin — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:03:45 +0000

Category 3 storm with wind speeds of up to 120mph continues to wreak ‘utter devastation’ in Caribbean

Why Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season

Hurricane Beryl is barrelling through the Cayman Islands after causing death and destruction in Jamaica.

Gas shortfalls for eastern states worse than predicted just months ago, ACCC warns

admin — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:00:42 +0000

Projections of shortfalls – and calls for more production – come even as the bulk of gas produced in Australia is exported

Wimbledon serves plant-based Victoria sponge – and banana skin muffins

admin — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 13:50:23 +0000

Changes to menu are part of the All England Club’s drive to be more environmentally sustainable

Victoria sponge bursting with strawberry jam and cream has been a staple at Wimbledon for decades, but now the All England Club has created a plant-based version for the first time.

Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body

admin — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 11:00:36 +0000

Study that researchers say highlights chemicals’ ubiquity also shows PFAS association with seafood and red meat

New research aimed at identifying foods that contain higher levels of PFAS found people who eat more white rice, coffee, eggs and seafood typically showed more of the toxic chemicals in their plasma and breast milk.

‘I’ve known some of these peregrines for 15 years’: protecting Scotland’s raptors – in pictures

admin — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:00:35 +0000

The fastest birds in the world, peregrine falcons are sought after for racing and can sell for up to £250,000 in the Middle East. Poaching is a constant threat, with eggs and chicks stolen to supply the hidden market. Now, there are nationwide efforts under way to ring and take DNA from wild chicks – but just reaching their nests can be perilous