Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 12:00:39 +0000

Previously, the only way to reduce levels of Pfas was by bloodletting or a drug with unpleasant side effects

There was a deal to fix this Alabama community’s raw sewage crisis. Trump tore it up over DEI

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 11:00:38 +0000

Residents of Alabama’s Lowndes county are still fighting for basic sanitation after Trump’s DoJ canceled a landmark Biden-era agreement

Thelma and Willie Perryman spend most days out front of their family trailer in rural Alabama, shooting the breeze while enjoying the birdsong – and making sure their three-year-old grandson doesn’t wander into the sewage-sodden back yard.

On Country: photography from Australia 2025 – in pictures

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 20:00:20 +0000

Co-produced by PHOTO Australia Melbourne and the Rencontres d’Arles, the exhibition marks the first major presentation of Australian photography at the world’s longest-running photo festival

‘A monumental moment’: world’s leading photography festival puts Australia in focus

Texas Hill Country under flood watch as search continues for missing people

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 17:40:05 +0000

‘Locally heavy rainfall’ of 1-3in predicted as death toll from the Fourth of July flood rises to nearly 130 people

Texas Hill Country was back under a flood watch on Saturday, with the National Weather Service warning of “locally heavy rainfall” of 1-3in with isolated amounts close to 6in possible.

Thames Water spent £136m on securing emergency funding, leaked document suggests

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:00:07 +0000

‘Atypical expenditure’ document suggests utility’s costs over 12 months outstripped the £130m it paid in fines

Thames Water spent at least £136m on the effort to secure emergency funding over 12 months, according to a leaked document that suggests costs outstripped the £130m the struggling utility paid in fines.

Risotto rice under threat from flamingos in north-eastern Italy

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 04:00:02 +0000

Farmers are seeking ways to fend off birds who are stirring up soil in flooded paddy fields in Ferrara province

An unusual bird is ravaging crops and infuriating farmers in north-eastern Italy: the flamingo.

Flamingos are relatively recent arrivals in the area, and have settled into the flooded fields that produce rice for risotto in Ferrara province, between Venice and Ravenna.

Climate-smart ocean planning in small island developing states—exploring pathways in Dominica

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00116-7

Climate-smart ocean planning in small island developing states—exploring pathways in Dominica

Rethinking the Blue Economy: Integrating social science for sustainability and justice

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00138-1

Rethinking the Blue Economy: Integrating social science for sustainability and justice

England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade as experts call for hosepipe bans

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Levels even lower than in severe drought year of 2022, data shows, with water firms urged to ‘be proactive’

England’s reservoirs are at their lowest levels for a decade, new data reveals, as experts urge water companies to immediately put hosepipe bans in place.

In June, reservoirs across the country were 76% full, which is below their level in the severe drought year of 2022 when they were at 77% capacity at this time in the summer.

HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:38:43 +0000

Campaigners condemn ‘troubling’ move that follows departure of six of largest US banks after Trump’s election

HSBC has become the first UK bank to leave the global banking industry’s net zero target-setting group, as campaigners warned it was a “troubling” sign over the lender’s commitment to tackling the climate crisis.

The move risks triggering further departures from the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) by UK banks, in a fresh blow to international climate coordination efforts.