Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Yorkshire Water announces hosepipe ban after driest spring in 132 years

admin — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:11:08 +0000

Restrictions to be brought in from Friday after region receives just 15cm of rainfall between February and June

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Yorkshire Water has introduced hosepipe restrictions after the region recorded its driest spring in 132 years.

Melting glaciers and ice caps could unleash wave of volcanic eruptions, study says

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:01:20 +0000

Research in Chile suggests climate crisis makes eruptions more likely and explosive, and warns of Antarctica risk

The melting of glaciers and ice caps by the climate crisis could unleash a barrage of explosive volcanic eruptions, a study suggests.

Dozens missing after flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:55:01 +0000

Hundreds of homes, bridges and roads washed away in north Indian state after unusually heavy rainfall

India’s mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh has been left reeling after it was hit by rainstorms, flash floods and landslides, with dozens of people reported missing.

A ‘floating university’ and a pink mosque: Dhaka builds for a wetter future – in pictures

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:00:11 +0000

Across the Bangladeshi megacity, designers are adapting to the climate crisis

Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:00:08 +0000

Exclusive: Experts call for stricter regulation as current rules set in 1989 require testing for only a few heavy metals

Millions of tonnes of treated sewage sludge is spread on farmland across the UK every year despite containing forever chemicals, microplastics and toxic waste, and experts say the outdated current regulations are not fit for purpose.

An investigation by the Guardian and Watershed has identified England’s sludge-spreading hotspots and shown where the practice could be damaging rivers.

Brics summit in Brazil tries to reinvent collective approach to world’s problems | Jonathan Watts

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:23:24 +0000

President Lula rebukes wealthy countries for retreating on climate and trade but bloc is divided and unbalanced

As the US retreats from the international stage, the most powerful political alliance in the global south has come together in Brazil this week to try to revive and reinvent a collective approach to the world’s problems.

Texas flash floods: more rain forecast as death toll passes 100

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:21:30 +0000

Girls summer camp Camp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors dead

The death toll from the flash floods that have wreaked devastation in Texas since Friday has passed 100 and is expected to rise further as more victims are found and more rain threatens to deluge the region.

Camp Mystic, the girls summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, has confirmed that 27 children and counsellors died.

Low water levels push up shipping costs on Europe’s rivers amid heatwave

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:03:10 +0000

Vessels on Rhine in Germany and Danube in Hungary forced to sail partially loaded

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Low water levels after heatwaves and drought are limiting shipping on some of Europe’s biggest rivers including the Rhine and the Danube and pushing up transport costs.

Floods are swallowing their village. Trump’s EPA cut a major lifeline for them and others

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:00:07 +0000

The administration has wiped over $2.7bn in climate grants, hitting underserved communities across the US the hardest

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Acre by acre, the village of Kipnuk is falling into the river.

‘No warning at all’: Texas flood survivors question safety planning and officials’ response

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:00:05 +0000

People who lost everything describe leaving homes and express anger at poor preparedness and officials who seemed to shirk responsibility

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