Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘They dictate the rules’: BBC tells PM’s Evan Davis to stop hosting heat pump podcast

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:48:58 +0000

Presenter believes decision was taken due to the technology’s link with net zero after he was told he risked accusations of political bias

The BBC presenter Evan Davis has been told he can no longer host a podcast about heat pumps due to the corporation’s concerns that discussing the technology risks “treading on areas of public controversy”.

Al Gore compares Trump second term with Nazi Germany in scathing speech

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:56:32 +0000

Former VP said the administration was creating its ‘own preferred reality’ and slammed it for green energy U-turn

UK scientists to launch outdoor geoengineering experiments

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:56:21 +0000

Blocking sunlight could temporarily slow the climate crisis but the technologies remain highly controversial

UK scientists are to launch outdoor geoengineering experiments as part of a £50m government-funded programme.

Tariffs will raise prices. But the climate crisis is the real inflation risk | Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:00:23 +0000

As temperatures rise and countries back off their decarbonization efforts, we must confront a reality central banks can’t correct

Inflation is, at base, a tax on consumption – and it hits the poor the hardest, since they consume more of their incomes and the rich consume less.

That’s one reason for concern over Donald Trump’s tariffs, which will disproportionately affect the poor. When the 90-day pause on the tariffs expires, it is reasonable to expect prices to rise, and by a lot.

Rare dragonfly introduced into remote area of Cumbria to reverse its decline

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:22:43 +0000

White-faced darters transported to South Solway Mosses as hotter summers dry out its bog pool breeding sites

With its chalk-white face and bright flame-coloured markings, the white-faced darter dragonfly is a distinctive sight as it flutters around England’s peat bogs.

The rare dragonfly, which breeds in mossy pools, is at threat of local extinction, but now conservationists are trying to end its population crash by introducing it into a remote corner of Cumbria.

Rare dragonfly introduced into remote area of Cumbria to reverse its decline

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:22:43 +0000

White-faced darters transported to South Solway Mosses as hotter summers dry out its bog pool breeding sites

With its chalk-white face and bright flame-coloured markings, the white-faced darter dragonfly is a distinctive sight as it flutters around England’s peat bogs.

The rare dragonfly, which breeds in mossy pools, is at threat of local extinction, but now conservationists are trying to end its population crash by introducing it into a remote corner of Cumbria.

On thin ice: the brutal cold of Canada’s Arctic was once a defence, but a warming climate has changed that

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:00:01 +0000

Geopolitical tensions are heating up on Canada’s borders, but the biggest threat may be from wildly fluctuating temperatures transforming the tundra and ocean

In early February, during the depths of winter, Twin Otter aircraft belonging to the Canadian military flew over the vast expanse of the western Arctic looking for sea ice. Below, sheets of white extended beyond the horizon.

But the pilots, who were searching for a suitable site to land a 34-tonne (76,000lb) Hercules transport plane a month later, needed ice that was 1.5-metres (5ft) thick.

Motorists ‘could save £850 a year by choosing an electric car over a hybrid’

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:00:59 +0000

Owners of hybrids save only £13 a year compared with petrol equivalents, thinktank says

British households could miss out on savings of more than £800 a year on running costs if they choose a hybrid car over an electric one, amid concerns that recent government rule changes open the door for manufacturers to sell more polluting cars.

Most of the world’s population wants stronger climate action. They just don’t realize that they are a majority

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:35:29 +0000

The Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch a year-long exploration of the ‘silent majority’ of people who want to fight climate change

The Guardian US is launching a year-long collaborative reporting project that seeks to explore a pivotal but little-known fact about the climate crisis: the overwhelming majority of the world’s people want their governments to take stronger action.

Berlin’s ancient ‘Dicke Marie’ oak feels effects of prolonged dry spell

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:30:57 +0000

The tree, believed to be city’s oldest, had already been damaged by the region’s increasingly arid climate

An ancient English oak believed to be Berlin’s oldest tree is suffering the effects of a prolonged dry spell in the German capital, local authorities have said, compounding already significant damage to its once lush canopy and branches.