Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:00:28 +0000

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

Humanity can raise living standards, reduce inequality and keep global heating within a 2C rise, according to a sweeping vision for planetary survival.

The new report by the World Inequality Lab (WIL) aims to be the most comprehensive attempt yet to navigate the polycrisis that is pushing the world toward climate breakdown, political extremism and ever greater economic and social tension.

In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:40:36 +0000

While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban

Australia’s GDP figures are meaningless when the boom in datacentres means destroying jobs and the climate | Greg Jericho

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:00:09 +0000

In the March quarter Australia’s economy grew 0.3%. But the real issue is what drove that growth

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Why is Europe still not ready for extreme heat?

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:25:26 +0000

The first heatwaves of the season reveal how ill-prepared governments across the continent are to protect people from increasingly dangerous temperatures

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South East Water’s greatest failure was not contacting customers during winter outages, report finds

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:19:16 +0000

Fewer than one in 10 SEW customers satisfied with firm’s handling of supply crisis, which left tens of thousands without water

South East Water failed to adequately communicate with customers during outages last winter that left tens of thousands of people without water, a report has concluded.

The row at Hampstead Heath is about far more than a few thoughtless swimmers in a heatwave | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:02:28 +0000

As summers get hotter, investment and education are vital to ensure we all have access to the clean, safe water we need

A local row about swimmers and swans in Hampstead Heath has now inspired a government reaction. Environment ministers over the weekend wrote to the City of London Corporation, which oversees the heath, to say that they were “deeply concerned” by footage of crowds of people in the water during last week’s heatwave.

Super Typhoon Sinlaku triggered atmospheric gravity waves visible from space

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:53:45 +0000

One of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded this early in the Pacific season did more than unleash flooding and extreme winds—it sent enormous ripples all the way into the upper atmosphere. As Super Typhoon Sinlaku rapidly exploded into a category 5-equivalent storm, satellites captured rare gravity waves spreading outward like rings on a pond, visible high above Earth through a faint glow in the atmosphere.

Antibiotics use in livestock could rise by a third in next 15 years, UN report warns

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:03:47 +0000

Governments urged to act to prevent potentially disastrous impacts on human resistance to medicines

The use of antibiotics on livestock will rise by nearly a third in the next 15 years without government intervention, according to new global estimates, with potentially disastrous impacts on human resistance to essential medicines.

Deprivation, resilience and a giant bunny: Polly Braden on capturing the ‘beauty and bleakness’ of young lives on the coast

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:00:19 +0000

In the Guardian’s Against the tide series, the documentary photographer got to know some ‘amazing’ 16- to 25-year-olds living on the fringes of England and Wales, and now her work is the centre of a new touring exhibition

Noted swift nesting site destroyed by contractors in peak season

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:00:44 +0000

Campaigners say builders’ demolition of nest site highlights weak protection of wildlife from development

A building that was a noted nesting site for swifts, among the UK’s most at-risk birds, has been demolished during the nesting season, highlighting significant weaknesses in the protection of wildlife from development, campaigners say.

Contractors for the housebuilder Hill Group carried out the demolition of Regent House near Dorking station in Surrey over the last few weeks, during the nesting season which runs from 1 March to 31 August.