Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Otters among UK wildlife carrying toxic ‘forever chemicals’, analysis shows

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Some wildlife species have accumulated many times more than safe amount of PFAS in their tissue and organs

Don’t Look Up director says ‘half a billion people’ have now seen film despite critics

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Adam McKay says the Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio-starring satire resonates with a widespread feeling of being deceived by government and media

Adam McKay, writer-director of climate-crisis satire Don’t Look Up, says that the film’s popularity with viewers shows the popular will to tackle climate change, despite the critical brickbats the film attracted and political inertia around the issue.

‘It’s going to be rough’: what Trump’s response to LA fires portends for future climate disasters

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:00:29 +0000

Big oil executive plans to celebrate Trump’s inauguration as California burns – though experts say climatic conditions are only getting more extreme

Week in wildlife in pictures: chilly pelicans, a baby gorilla and a spider fan’s dream come true

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

‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:00:22 +0000

Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, fighting air pollution and cooling the city

On a crisp December morning, office workers and tourists stroll along a tree-lined stream in central Seoul, pausing on stepping stones that cross its flowing waters. It’s difficult to imagine that just over 20 years ago, this was a vast elevated highway carrying 168,000 cars daily through the heart of South Korea’s capital.

Colombian tree frog found by Sheffield florist highlights invasive species threat

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 05:00:22 +0000

Scientists say frog’s journey shows difficulty of spotting insects or fungi spread by global plant trade

A tiny tree frog hitchhiking in a bunch of roses to Sheffield from Colombia has inspired a study into invasive species reaching the UK’s shores.

Scottish government must do more to control salmon farming, inquiry finds

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 05:00:21 +0000

Report criticises ‘slow progress’ on industry regulation, amid record fish mortality and concerns over welfare and environmental pollution

The Scottish government has been criticised for its “slow progress” on regulating the salmon farming industry by a parliamentary inquiry that took evidence for five months before reaching its conclusion.

Wildfires drive record leap in global level of climate-heating CO2

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 05:00:20 +0000

Data for 2024 shows humanity is moving yet deeper into a dangerous world of supercharged extreme weather

Wildfires that blazed around the world in 2024 helped to drive a record annual leap in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, surprising scientists. The data shows humanity is moving yet deeper into a dangerous world of supercharged extreme weather.

I’ve been climbing Tasmanian mountains for years – but I’m terrified of heights | Ben Walter

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 02:01:21 +0000

Our society emphasises the value of conquering and overcoming your fears – but I can live with the idea of not climbing every mountain

Earlier this year, I finally climbed Mount Anne. This has taken an unlikely amount of time – I’ve been climbing Tasmanian mountains for years, but had never been up one of the island’s signature summits.

Australia is becoming an uninsurable nation. There may only be one solution | Nicki Hutley

admin — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:24:57 +0000

With the outlook for risk of fire, flood and other disasters increasing, this is not a problem that will go away

As we watch the horror of the Los Angeles fires, Australians are painfully reminded of our own vulnerability to climate change, which continues to exacerbate the impact and frequency of these unnatural disasters.

The images of loss and destruction in LA are particularly painful to those who have experienced such losses first-hand in Australia.

Nicki Hutley is an independent economist and councillor with the Climate Council