Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Cities sweltering and the smell of the middle ages: has the climate crisis killed Instagram’s Euro summer? | Brigid Delaney

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:03:17 +0000

Who dreams of having a Euro summer now when staying in an ancient, uncooled building in the Old Town is like trying to sleep in a wood-fired pizza oven?

This week the Euro summer comes to an end – and so does a certain type of posting on Instagram.

Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:00:45 +0000

Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026

The number of suspected illegal discharges of raw sewage into rivers and seas by water companies during dry weather increased significantly during the first five months of 2026.

The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:00:45 +0000

In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered

Clicks, grunts and squeals: the wonders of whale communication – podcast

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:00:43 +0000

Ever since the earliest known recording of whale song was made in 1949, researchers have been captivated by the wails, rumbles, clicks, grunts and squeals of their communication. As technology improves, scientists are decoding the intricate patterns that make different species’ vocalisations distinctive. Madeleine Finlay hears from Emma Bryce, a journalist who has spent months investigating human efforts to understand whale song.

Kākāpō rising: 90 chicks swell population of the world’s heaviest parrot

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:57:21 +0000

Critically endangered New Zealand bird enjoys record breeding season triggered by mass fruiting of native tree, pushing its numbers to 325

The population of the world’s heaviest parrot, the kākāpō, has surpassed 300 birds for the first time in 75 years, after a record breeding season triggered by the mass fruiting of a native New Zealand tree.

Rising microplastics in soil a threat to UK food security, MPs and campaigners say

admin — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:01:38 +0000

Report calls for legally binding targets to cut microplastic pollution as soil ‘is a complex living ecosystem’

The accumulation of microplastics in soil presents an emerging threat to the UK’s food security, according to scientists, MPs and campaigners who have called for legally binding targets to cut microplastic pollution.

How intense rains in the Grand Canyon turned into a deadly disaster

admin — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:02:05 +0000

Flash flooding in Arizona tourist destination was likely triggered by compounding climate factors, such as drought and warming in Pacific Ocean

Remote Grand Canyon lodge hit by deadly flash flood boasts fabled history

Remote Grand Canyon lodge hit by deadly flash flood boasts fabled history

admin — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:12:24 +0000

Phantom Ranch, set up by Teddy Roosevelt, has welcomed exhausted hikers to its famed cabins for over a century

Two dead and nearly 80 rescued after Grand Canyon flash flood

Phantom Ranch has been a solitary refuge visited by some of the most famous names of history. More typically, it’s been a beacon for the half-collapsed, exhausted and overheated hikers trudging down the Grand Canyon for more than a century.

Two people dead and nearly 80 rescued after Grand Canyon flash flood

admin — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:03:47 +0000

Officials say one person still unaccounted for as forecast heavy rain and thunderstorms threaten further flooding

A second death was confirmed by National Park Service officials on Monday after a flash flood sent a surge of water and debris through an area of the Grand Canyon over the weekend.

Ben Jennings on the end of the UK summer – cartoon

admin — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:12:47 +0000