Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Nissan ‘shelves all-electric Qashqai plans’ as it cuts costs

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:55:08 +0000

Firm has been developing full EV version of its top-selling model in Europe at its plant in Sunderland

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Ed Miliband to say UK must stick to net zero targets to deliver jobs and growth

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:00:34 +0000

Energy secretary expected to argue that UK clean economy is booming as private sector pledges over £100bn of investment

Ed Miliband is to say that the UK must stick to net zero targets to deliver jobs and growth, as speculation surrounds the energy secretary’s role under a new prime minister.

He will make the speech as data shows more than £100bn in green investment has been pledged by private sector companies in this parliament.

Levitating penguins and predatory ants: Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year 2026 shortlist – in pictures

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:43:27 +0000

A hundred incredible images have been shortlisted by the South Australian Museum as part of this year’s Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition. In its 23rd year, the competition attracted 2,129 entries from 501 photographers in 17 countries. Entries were accepted covering content from across the ANZANG bioregion – Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea

Europe heatwave live: UK temperatures forecast to reach 38C; French PM to hold crisis meeting after heat deaths

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:28:48 +0000

Temperatures could smash June record in England and Wales set in 1976; red alerts in France after 19 heat deaths

Two children found dead in car in France as heatwave hits Europe

Italy’s health ministry has declared a red heatwave alert in 15 cities including Milan and Rome on Tuesday and said the number would go up to 16 on Wednesday.

A thousand years old and 20 storeys high: tracking down Taiwan’s tallest trees

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:30 +0000

The country’s biggest tree – named Heaven Sword of the Da’an River – is a carbon-storing behemoth hosting whole neighbourhoods of wildlife. But this and other giant trees are under threat

More trees can mean fewer birds, new study reveals

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:14:03 +0000

Trees planted to protect farmland from wind may not be the biodiversity boost many assume. In Japan’s wetland farming landscapes, shelterbelts benefited some birds but sharply reduced grassland and wetland species that need open space. Researchers found grassland bird abundance dropped by more than 70% near shelterbelts.

UK Met Office issues rare red weather warning for Wednesday and Thursday

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:22:17 +0000

People in southern Wales and area of England from Kent and Sussex to Somerset and Birmingham urged to protect themselves from extreme heat

The UK’s Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for Wednesday and Thursday in the face of extreme heat and humidity.

It covers southern Wales as far west as Swansea, and an area of England that includes London and runs from the inland areas of Kent and Sussex, all the way across to Somerset, as far north-west as Birmingham, and as far north-east as southern Cambridgeshire.

Two children found dead in car in France as heatwave hits Europe

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:14:40 +0000

Number of countries issue alerts with sustained and rising temperatures expected to present danger to health

Two children aged four and two have been found dead in their family’s car in south-eastern France, the local prosecutor said, as a large swathe of western Europe suffers a ferocious heatwave forecast to shatter absolute temperature records.

From mobile jungles to shadow art: how Dutch people try to beat the heat

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:50 +0000

A national heatwave plan has been activated to help people stay cool during the Netherlands’ increasingly hot summers

Households in Amsterdam are being urged to hang their curtains outside their windows as health experts recommend simple hacks to moderate the heatwave rolling across the Netherlands, where homes were built for old-fashioned damp and coldish northern European weather.

The regenerative wealth of Blue Gold: lessons from Oman for sustainable ocean economies

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 22 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00220-2