Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Arizona desert town breaks record for hottest March temperature in US history

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:22:31 +0000

Martinez Lake, about 145 miles west of Phoenix, reached 110F (43.3C) on Thursday amid scorching south-west heat

Arizona desert town breaks record for hottest March temperature in US history

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:22:31 +0000

Martinez Lake, about 145 miles west of Phoenix, reached 110F (43.3C) on Thursday amid scorching south-west heat

Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:41:47 +0000

The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticides

The population of monarch butterflies in Mexico increased 64% this winter, compared with the same period in 2025, offering a glimmer of hope for an insect considered at risk of extinction.

‘Yes to fields of wheat, no to fields of iron’: how the world’s greenest country soured on solar

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:00:27 +0000

In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue among voters, especially in rural areas

In one telling of the story, the golden fields of a proud farming nation are under attack. Besieged by an industrial sprawl of solar panels, they are being smothered at the behest of an urban elite.

‘It’s not sustainable’: US farmers reeling as Iran war pushes fertilizer costs up

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:00:35 +0000

Closure of strait of Hormuz – a key fertilizer production and transportation route – has squeezed farmers as prices jump

Rodney Bushmeyer has been farming as long as he can remember. Bushmeyer’s father was a farmer, as was his grandfather.

The family-run Bushmeyer Farms in Illinois dates back more than 100 years, when his ancestors came to the US from Germany. They acquired the first 80 acres cost-free as homesteaders, cleared the land, and worked it.

Labour dismisses Reform UK MSP candidates as ‘hopeless Tory rejects and oddballs’ as one is suspended – as it happened

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:20:01 +0000

This blog is now closed

Severin Carrell is the Guardian’s Scotland editor.

Malcolm Offord, Reform UK’s Scottish leader, has doubled down on his defence of the party’s vetting by dismissing remarks by candidates backing Tommy Robinson or describing Humza Yousaf as an “Islamist moron” (see 10.12am) as “fruity language”.

Week in wildlife: wild boar babies, fenland ponies and a slug with strange genitalia

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:13 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Week in wildlife: wild boar babies, fenland ponies and a slug with strange genitalia

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:13 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

‘Like lighting a cigarette while trying to quit’: Australia approves new coal seam gas expansion

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:05:31 +0000

The expansion in Queensland, which has been approved until 2081, will contribute about 120m tonnes of carbon emissions over its lifetime

Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast

A major coal seam gas expansion, contributing about 120m tonnes of carbon emissions over its lifetime, has been approved by the federal government until 2081.

Heatwave scorching US west ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, say scientists

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:01:11 +0000

Unseasonably warm and even dangerous temperatures this week were up to 30F above average for the time of year

The record-breaking heatwave scorching the US west this week would have been “virtually impossible” if not for the climate crisis, a team of scientists has determined.

Millions of Americans from the Pacific coast to the Rockies baked under unseasonably warm and even dangerous temperatures this week, with temperatures up to 30F (17C) above average for the time of year.