Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Footballers at ‘very high risk of extreme heat stress’ during World Cup 2026

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:00:30 +0000

Scientists warn Fifa’s current ‘wet bulb’ temperature policy underestimates strain athletes undergo during matches

Footballers face a “very high risk of experiencing extreme heat stress” at 10 of the 16 stadiums that will host the next World Cup, researchers have warned, as they urge sports authorities to rethink the timing of sports events.

South-west France sweltered in 26.9C November night-time heat

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:55:03 +0000

‘Staggering’ temperatures this week said to be exceptional for summer – let alone late November

Towns in south-west France roasted in “completely extreme” heat in the early hours of Tuesday, with overnight temperatures hitting 26.9C (80.42F).

“It’s very exceptional temperatures – even for the summer, let alone late November,” said Matthieu Sorel, a climatologist at Météo France.

Tanya Plibersek deal on nature laws was overruled by Anthony Albanese

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:00:32 +0000

Exclusive: Environment minister agreed detail with Greens but the PM intervened after lobbying from WA premier and miners

Massachusetts farmers turn cranberry bogs back to wetlands in $6m initiative

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:00:25 +0000

Restoration projects awarded grants to convert defunct bogs to bring environmental benefits and restore wildlife

As millions of cranberries were being harvested for Thursday’s US Thanksgiving holiday, Massachusetts farmers were working to convert defunct cranberry bogs to back to wild wetlands, amid climate crisis woes.

Can you take a clean cruise holiday and which vessels are the worst emitters?

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:00:36 +0000

In a booming sector where the biggest ships have doubled in size since 2000, pressure is growing to make cruising a greener, more sustainable way to travel

Labor’s sad capitulation on the environment has shaken even true believers like me | Felicity Wade

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:43:17 +0000

As Australia’s natural environment declines, Labor appears to cave to vested interests, writes Felicity Wade

Environmental Defenders Office to pay $9m in costs to Santos over failed challenge to Barossa gas project

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:40:53 +0000

The case, brought by the EDO on behalf of three Tiwi Island traditional owners, was dismissed in January in a scathing judgment

‘We’ve heard these promises before’: is this the end of the line for Irish fishing?

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:00:37 +0000

Devastated by quota changes post-Brexit, fishers are pinning all their hopes on Ireland’s politicians as they head into a general election

The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:00:36 +0000

Across the globe, vast swathes of land are being left to be reclaimed by nature. To see what could be coming, look to Bulgaria

Abandonment, when it came, crept in from the outskirts. Homes at the edge of town were first to go, then the peripheral grocery stores. It moved inward, slow but inexorable. The petrol station closed, and creeper vines climbed the pumps, amassing on the roof until it buckled under the strain. It swallowed the outer bus shelters, the pharmacies, the cinema, the cafe. The school shut down.

Shells, teeth and bones of 'weird and wonderful organisms' provide historical environmental clues

admin — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:00:35 +0000

A groundbreaking international study shows how chemical fingerprints left by 'underappreciated' aquatic organisms could help scientists monitor global environmental change.