Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Storm Chandra live: danger to life warning as severe flooding expected in south-west England

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:44:49 +0000

Flood and weather warnings from both Environment Agency and the Met Office are in place across much of the UK

A red flood warning – meaning danger to life – has been issued for a river in south-west England as Storm Chandra brought heavy rain and strong winds to many areas of the UK.

The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return?

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:00:09 +0000

Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on the streets. But the authorities and some locals want people to move back

Norio Kimura pauses to gaze through the dirt-flecked window of Kumamachi primary school in Fukushima. Inside, there are still textbooks lying on the desks, pencil cases are strewn across the floor; empty bento boxes that were never taken home.

Number of US-style ‘battering ram’ pickup trucks on UK roads has nearly doubled in a decade

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:00:08 +0000

Exclusive: Campaigners say ‘menacing vehicles’ are putting children at risk owing to their large front blind zones

The number of US-style pickup trucks on UK roads has almost doubled in the past 10 years, data shows.

The vehicles are more environmentally damaging than ordinary cars, and more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. Campaigners have said the extra-large vehicles, which are often too big for UK streets and parking spaces, are built like “battering rams”.

Scotland-France ferry could relaunch amid £35bn Dunkirk regeneration plan

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:00:05 +0000

French port’s green energy push, evoking second world war spirit of resilience, is seen as a testing ground for reindustrialisation

A new cargo and passenger ferry service directly linking Scotland and France could launch later this year as the port of Dunkirk embarks on a €40bn (£35bn) regeneration programme it claims will mirror the second world war resilience for which it is famed.

Heat records tumble in Victoria as authorities warn against complacency amid significant blazes

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:46:14 +0000

BoM to check if Walpeup and Hopetoun broke state’s official heat record - set during 2009’s Black Saturday

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Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:29:43 +0000

Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune

The number of people living with extreme heat will more than double by 2050 if global heating reaches 2C, according to a new study that shows how the energy demands for air conditioners and heating systems are expected to change across the world.

UK supermarkets push for Amazon soy safeguards after traders abandon ban

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:43:03 +0000

European retailers urge traders to adhere to commitments after Brazilian lawmakers wreck forest protection pact

Leading British and European retailers are trying to salvage the core elements of the Amazon soy moratorium after the world’s most successful forest protection agreement was wrecked by Brazilian lawmakers and abandoned by international traders.

Six people killed in private jet crash in Maine during snowstorm

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:34:18 +0000

Aircraft crashed on takeoff at Bangor airport as visibility diminished amid winter storm, leading to airport shutdown

Six people died when a business jet crashed during takeoff as a snowstorm moved in and visibility diminished at Maine’s Bangor international airport on Sunday night, according to officials.

Reform says it would cut green policies to fund £2bn income tax cut in Scotland

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:36:41 +0000

Party’s pitch to voters in May Holyrood elections dismissed as ‘profoundly unserious, almost comically so’ by analysts

Reform UK would slash what it calls “highly dubious” environmental protection measures to help fund a £2bn cut to income tax in Scotland if it won May’s Holyrood elections, the party has said.

Killing of K’gari dingoes in wake of backpacker’s death could create ‘extinction vortex’, expert says

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:00:06 +0000

Queensland government says it has already killed six of the 10 dingoes seen near the body of 19-year-old Piper James

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