Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Water rates in Northern Ireland suggested to help address wastewater crisis

admin — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:54:20 +0000

Manager of Lough Neagh Partnership praises actions so far on lake’s algae crisis but warns of wider problems

The introduction of water rates in Northern Ireland could address crumbling wastewater infrastructure and the impact on waterways, it has been suggested.

Trump aims to crush legal curbs on his climate rollback – but it may not be easy

admin — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:00:48 +0000

The president-elect said he will ‘stop the wave of frivolous litigation from environmental extremists’ but the ability to block suits will be limited, experts say

10m trees to be planted in US to replace ones destroyed by hurricanes

admin — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:00:45 +0000

Arbor Day Foundation non-profit to plant trees in six of the worst-hit states over the next four years

Some costs of the recently ended supercharged 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, those that can be quantified at least, are astounding.

Starmer faces test of climate leadership with big decisions on carbon budget

admin — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:54:22 +0000

PM will have to respond to Climate Change Committee’s recommendations on future emissions cuts with drastic changes in many sectors of economy

Keir Starmer will face a key test of his claims to leadership on the climate early next year, when the UK’s statutory advisers issue their latest advice on future cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.

‘Moving to the mountaintops’: rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea

admin — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 02:48:04 +0000

Gulf province councillor says growing numbers are leaving, in what climate activist describes as a ‘humanitarian crisis’

Two years ago fisher Siri James lived on the southern coast of Papua New Guinea, in a small village near Pariva beach. But as the tides continued to rise, James was forced to move further in from the shore.

Essex county council sends 95% of non-recycled waste to landfill, data reveals

admin — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 18:04:58 +0000

Seven local authorities in England have waste figures highlighted as government launches circular economy measures

New government data published on Monday showed that 95% of non-recycled waste in Essex is sent to landfill, as ministers launched their plans for a circular economy.

A cicada: ‘What cicadas leave behind is a kind of crystallised memory’ | Helen Sullivan

admin — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 14:00:41 +0000

Part of their body is hollow, this amplifies the sound. The longer you listen to their sound, the more they seem to sync up

Of all the languages’ words for cicada, Croatian’s might be the best: cvrčak, pronounced: tvr-chak. The sound it makes is “tvr-chi tvr-chi”. I have a Croatian friend who taught me part of a poem – Cicada – when we were in high school. It is by Vladimir Nazor, who was Croatia’s first head of state.

Bleak outlook for US farmers – and Trump tariffs could make it worse

admin — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:00:36 +0000

Bumper grain crop set to weigh heavily as farmers count costs of seed, fertilizer – and effects of possible trade war

Many US midwestern grain farmers will lose money this year after reaping a bumper crop, and the outlook for their future income is bleak.

World endures 'decade of deadly heat' as 2024 caps hottest years on record

admin — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:35:55 +0000

UN secretary general, António Guterres, says ‘we must exit this road to ruin’ in annual new year message

The world has endured a “decade of deadly heat”, with 2024 capping 10 years of unprecedented temperatures, the UN has said.

Delivering his annual new year message, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, said the 10 hottest years on record had happened in the past decade, including 2024.

I’m obsessed with broken shells: they are marked by life, like our skin

admin — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:00:28 +0000

I wind my thread around their holes to create sculptures that connect with ageing and time

I have collected hundreds and hundreds of broken shells. I select them by holding them up to the sea, looking at the shape of them and deciding whether I want to work with them – and whether they will work with my thread.