Breaking Waves: Ocean News

San Francisco sees hottest day of 2024 as heatwave scorches US south-west

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:16:45 +0000

Excessive heat warnings bring elevated wildfire risk, potential for power outages and rising death toll

San Francisco recorded its hottest day of the year on Tuesday, and Phoenix set a record for the hottest 1 October on record, as the National Weather Service predicted record-high fall temperatures across the south-western US.

Trump continues to deny climate crisis as he visits hurricane-ravaged Georgia

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 19:49:34 +0000

Ex-president refers to climate crisis as ‘one of the great scams’ and plans to attend two fundraisers in oil-rich Texas

Private equity firms ploughing billions into fossil fuels, analysis reveals

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:39:33 +0000

US public sector workers’ retirement savings invested in projects that pump out a billion tonnes of emissions a year

Private equity firms are using US public sector workers’ retirement savings to fund fossil fuel projects pumping more than a billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere every year, according to an analysis.

No water, no shade. Life as a roofer in the sweltering Florida heat: ‘It feels like 120F’

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:00:14 +0000

Workers struggle with dehydration, fatigue dizziness and headaches – but state laws have stripped their protections

Every day, Raquel Atlahua begins her work as a roofer bracing for the blistering sun.

On the roof, there is no escape from the direct light and heat, and the temperatures in Florida quickly climb as the day progresses. The high humidity and lack of shade make it feel even hotter, and even more difficult to cool down.

Inadequate compensation for lost or downgraded protected areas threatens global biodiversity

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:53:24 +0000

Conservation scientists have highlighted substantial gaps in the compensation for lost or downgraded protected areas. These gaps risk undermining global efforts for the protection of biodiversity and threaten the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets, which aim to conserve 30% of the planet by 2030.

As the waters rise, a two-year sentence for throwing soup. That’s the farcical reality of British justice | George Monbiot

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:31:36 +0000

Why do the mass killers of the fossil fuel industry walk free while the heroes trying to stop them are imprisoned?

Alpine dingoes at risk of extinction after Victorian government extends right to cull

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:00:15 +0000

At least 468 shot by government controllers last year out of an estimated population of as few as 2,640 in the state’s east, advocates say

One in three Australians throwing unwanted clothes in rubbish, survey finds

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:00:13 +0000

RMIT-led study recommends a national recycling scheme to reduce the 200,000 tonnes of textiles sent to landfill each year

Stretchy dairy cheese now possible without cows, company says

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:36:18 +0000

Existing plant-based cheeses often fail to deliver the textures that dairy lovers prize

Stretchy dairy cheese could now be made without any cows, after the development of yeast strains that produce the crucial milk proteins.

‘Pattern of negligence’: a chemical plant fire in Georgia forces tens of thousands to take shelter

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:00:41 +0000

The smell of chlorine pervades Conyers as residents say BioLab’s accident was a danger hiding in plain sight

For Vonnetta West the plume of smoke rising in the sky outside her home in the city of Conyers, Georgia, was a sign not just of immediate risk – but a danger that had been hiding in plain sight for years.