Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Puerto Rico’s solar-powered village – in pictures

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:00:44 +0000

For years, Puerto Ricans have faced high electricity costs and regular blackouts. The town of Adjuntas, in the central mountains, boasts the island’s first community-owned solar microgrid

EPA employees sign ‘declaration of dissent’ over agency moves under Trump

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:59:57 +0000

More than 170 EPA employees signed letter, with about 100 more signing anonymously out of fear of retaliation

US politics live – latest updates

Spain records highs of 46C and France under alert as Europe swelters in heatwave

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:39:07 +0000

Extreme heat ‘the new normal’, says UN chief, as authorities across the continent issue health warnings

A vicious heatwave has engulfed southern Europe, with punishing temperatures that have reached highs of 46C (114.8F) in Spain and placed almost the entirety of mainland France under alert.

Extreme heat, made stronger by fossil fuel pollution, has for several days scorched Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece as southern Europe endures its first major heatwave of the summer.

Wimbledon opening day hottest on record as temperatures forecast to hit 34C

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:47:20 +0000

Spectators use fans and umbrellas and players offered ice packs on court to try to cool off

Tennis fans faced the hottest start to Wimbledon on record on Monday as temperatures soared to 32C.

England wildlife regulator chair ‘enthusiastic’ about lynx rewilding

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:15:16 +0000

Views on apex predator still polarised, says Natural England head, as activists apply for trial release in Northumberland

The head of the government’s wildlife regulator has said he remains enthusiastic about reintroducing lynx to Britain and would be “absolutely delighted” if it could be achieved during his two-year term.

But Tony Juniper, the chair of Natural England, said debates over the animal’s release were “still quite polarised” and more engagement was required to understand how communities would be affected.

Europe swelters under heatwave – in pictures

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:31:14 +0000

Authorities issue extreme heat, health and wildfire warnings with highest temperatures forecast in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain

I was a big orca fan – but their skincare regime is giving me the ick | Emma Beddington

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:00:18 +0000

These supposedly serious cetaceans have been spotted massaging each other with kelp stalks. This is the sort of performative nonsense you’d expect from dolphins

I’m obsessed with brittle stars: fish often nip off bits of their arms but they regenerate

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:15:17 +0000

These starfish relatives have lots of remarkable features and are a keystone species. My hope is that we will recognise how vital these charismatic creatures are

Brittle stars have a lot of remarkable features as a species. Many of them are bioluminescent and can flash blue light; some will have patterns and do displays. These slender relatives of starfish can be very beautiful to look at and come in a range of colours – in the tropics, for example, they can be red, black or orange. And they’ve got spines all over them, so they can look quite ornate.

Did you know that there are huge caves full of weirdy bugs and ancient life right under the Nullarbor desert? | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:03:44 +0000

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UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:00:13 +0000

Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms

A leading UN expert is calling for criminal penalties against those peddling disinformation about the climate crisis and a total ban on fossil fuel industry lobbying and advertising, as part of a radical shake-up to safeguard human rights and curtail planetary catastrophe.