Breaking Waves: Ocean News

California wildfire threatening forest home of world’s oldest tree

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:53:51 +0000

Silver fire leading to fears about Methuselah, a nearly 5,000-year-old bristlecone pine in eastern part of state

Firefighters have managed to make “strong progress” containing a fire burning through eastern California near the world’s oldest trees, but the blaze remains an active threat, officials said.

The invertebrate of the year competition is here. Who will you vote for? – video

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:29:53 +0000

Invertebrates may be the unsung heroes of the planet but they have received a lot of love and recognition from Guardian readers. A dazzling array of nominations have flown in for insects, arachnids, snails, crustaceans, corals and many more obscure creatures for our invertebrate of the year competition. Natural history reporter Patrick Barkham reviews this year’s shortlist of 10

Vote for the beast that may be as ruthlessly predatory as us – the fen raft spider

Kemi Badenoch gives credence to race-swap conspiracy theory about Adolescence but admits she hasn’t watched it – as it happened

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:01:38 +0000

Conservative party leader says she believes show ‘is based on real story’, a claim described as wholly untrue by writer and co-creator of series

Richard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, is giving evidence to the Treasury committee. There is a live feed here.

‘Is it “woke” to care about the environment?’: how Trump’s cuts are dismantling global conservation work

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:00:02 +0000

Hundreds of projects supported by USAID have been thrown into doubt, as fears grow of an increase in crimes such as poaching and trafficking

UK housebuilders ‘very bad’ at building houses, says wildlife charity CEO

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:14:21 +0000

Land speculation to blame for lack of progress amid Labour drive to build 1.5m new homes, says Wildlife Trusts head

Gas producers question whether Coalition’s energy plan will cut consumer prices

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:01:32 +0000

Industry leaders say there is little detail on how the opposition’s policy will work and it is ‘difficult to predict’ what the final price would be

Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:58:38 +0000

Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’

Economic models have systematically underestimated how global heating will affect people’s wealth, according to a new study that finds 4C warming will make the average person 40% poorer – an almost four-fold increase on some estimates.

Malaysia fire: huge blaze erupts near Kuala Lumpur as gas pipeline explodes

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:38:51 +0000

Inferno spread to nearby homes, trapping residents, while full extent of damage still being assessed

A fireball erupted from a burst gas pipeline outside Malaysia’s largest city, injuring 145 people as it burned for several hours before being extinguished.

The national oil company Petronas said the blaze started at one of its gas pipelines outside Kuala Lumpur. The inferno sent flames 20 storeys high and left a huge crater near a residential neighbourhood.

‘Playing gods with the cradle of life’: French Polynesia’s president issues warning over deep-sea mining

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:37:39 +0000

Exclusive: Moetai Brotherson fears environmental risks of controversial practice and says independence from France must not be ‘rushed’

Read more Pacific leaders: in their words

French Polynesia’s president has issued a stark warning over the risks of deep-sea mining, saying it will be allowed in his territory “over my dead body” as he argues the potential for environmental damage outweighs any benefits.

New warnings of a 'Butterfly Effect' -- in reverse

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:21:52 +0000

A new study warns that global climate change may have a devastating effect on butterflies, turning their species-rich, mountain habitats from refuges into traps. Think of it as the 'butterfly effect' -- the idea that something as small as the flapping of a butterfly's wings can eventually lead to a major event such as a hurricane -- in reverse. The new study also suggests that a lack of comprehensive global data about insects may leave conservationists and policymakers ill-prepared to mitigate biodiversity loss from climate change for a wide range of insect species.