Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:00:04 +0000

Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers

Amazonian lakes are being transformed into simmering basins hotter than spa baths as severe heatwaves and drought grip the region, research shows.

The temperature of one lake exceeded 40C (104F) as water levels plummeted under intense sunlight and cloudless skies. The extreme heat triggered mass die-offs among endangered Amazon river dolphins and fish, which cannot survive in such high temperatures.

Ignore the howls around pay-per-mile, chancellor. We can’t afford not to tax electric cars

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:51:34 +0000

The issue of how motoring taxes should change as we decarbonise the economy has been dodged for too long. Car salesmen need to get real

If you want a document to give you sleepless nights, the Office for Budget Responsibility’s biennial Fiscal Risks and Sustainability report is a go-to publication. This is the one that looks to the horizon and covers everything from demographic trends to state pension promises to the climate crisis.

Who are the major players at Cop30 and what do they want?

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:50:04 +0000

Delegates from global giants and smaller nations expected to clash at Brazilian summit over how to tackle the climate crisis and who should pay

The UN’s Cop30 climate conference is under way, with negotiators, diplomats and leaders from around the world in Belém, Brazil, to discuss how to handle the climate crisis.

Who are the big players, and what do they want?

Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:32:34 +0000

UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘paradigm shift’

Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN

The failure to limit global heating to 1.5C is a “moral failure and deadly negligence”, the UN secretary general has said at the opening session of the Cop30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.

Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:03 +0000

Experts say 2023, 2024 and 2025 the three hottest years in 176 years of records, with 1.5C Paris agreement target now ‘virtually impossible’

Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit

Misleading UK adverts for ’very low emission’ wood-burning stoves banned

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:02:52 +0000

ASA action won approval of clean air campaigners, who said some ‘seriously misleading myths’ had been debunked

Adverts claiming that wood-burning stoves are “very low emissions” have been banned by the Advertising Standards Agency for being misleading and not substantiated.

The claims were made on the website of the Stove Industry Association, which represents the makers and sellers of stoves in the UK. Campaigners against air pollution said they were glad the ASA had debunked some “seriously misleading myths”.

Scientists criticize ‘straw man’ arguments in Bill Gates climate memo

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:00:02 +0000

Tech billionaire relying on ‘false binary’ with call to focus less on emissions and more on aid for poor, experts say

A new memo on the climate crisis from Bill Gates relies on “straw man” arguments about the threat to humanity and “false dichotomies” between spending on climate or aid for the poor, some climate scientists say.

Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:00:56 +0000

Report says proven technology could benefit thousands in poor quality housing and help UK meet carbon reduction targets

Flooded disused coalmines could be a significant source of energy and provide cheap heat to thousands of homes, a new report argues.

Mine water geothermal heat (MWGH) systems use the water in flooded coalmines, which is warmed by natural processes, to supply low-carbon heat. Heat exchangers and pumps recover the heat, which is distributed via district heating networks to homes and buildings, providing low-cost, long-term, stable energy.

‘New reality’: Hurricane Melissa strength multiplied by climate crisis, study says

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:00:07 +0000

Winds of Melissa’s strength are now five times more frequent due to the climate crisis, research says

Every aspect of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm ever to hit Jamaica, was worsened by the climate crisis, a team of scientists has found.

Melissa caused widespread devastation when it crunched into Jamaica as a category five hurricane on October 28, with winds up up to 185mph.

Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 07:00:47 +0000

Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated

The deaths from pollution caused by Europe’s biggest plastic plant, which is being built in Antwerp, will outstrip the number of permanent jobs it will create, lawyers will argue in a court challenge issued on Thursday.

In documents submitted to the court, research suggests the air pollution from Ineos’s €4bn petrochemical plant would cause 410 deaths once operational, compared with the 300 permanent jobs the company says will be created.