Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:56:50 +0000

Forest clearance at smallest total since records began in 1988 in success for Lula ahead of presidential run-off

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest level since records began, new government data shows.

US voters want action on global heating. So why are midterm candidates ‘climate hushing’?

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:04 +0000

Polls show that Democrats and Republicans in battleground states want to hear more from candidates about the climate crisis

Most Americans feel unease or alarm about the climate crisis and, in both red and blue states, want to know how political leaders are going to fix it. But in midterm election campaigns across the US, candidates have responded to this desire with near silence.

For restaurants Covid-19 was a crisis – pandemic loans are proving a disaster

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:00:11 +0000

Low-interest loans kept many eateries afloat. But the industry never recovered enough for them to repay the debt

For almost 20 years, Jai Mazumdar has served vegetarian curries, samosas, gulab jamun and other Indian delicacies at Spice N Curry, a cafe and grocery nestled inside a modest strip mall near Florida International University (FIU) in Miami. When the Covid-19 pandemic devastated his business, as it did with so many restaurants, Mazumdar took out a $370,000 economic injury disaster loan (EIDL) from the federal government in early 2021.

Iguazu Falls in South America hits record 10 times normal water flow – video

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:37:13 +0000

Iguazu Falls, an Unesco world heritage site, has reached a record water flow after heavy rains across the river basin. El Niño weather patterns are said to have driven the water flow to hit 10 times the normal amount. Usually the water flow is 1.5m litres per second, but local government registered a flow of 15m litres of water per second.

Argentina temporarily closes Iguazu Falls after El Niño-fuelled surge in water levels

Flash floods destroy villages in central Nepal

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:51:27 +0000

Landslide blocks river and triggers downstream flooding, while summer temperatures persist in Portugal

Flash floods have swept through Nepal’s central Gorkha district after a pre-dawn landslide on 11 October blocked the Budhi Gandaki River, triggering severe downstream flooding. Two villages in the worst-affected Chumanubri rural municipality were reportedly destroyed, with homes, roads and bridges washed away. Part of a hydropower station was also damaged.

Revealed: VW, Ford and Tesla batteries linked to destructive deforestation of indigenous lands

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:00:56 +0000

Mines in supply chains of western carmakers linked to widespread deforestation of primary rainforest in nickel-rich lands inhabited by Tolaki people in Indonesia

Volkswagen, Ford and Tesla are among the electric carmakers whose batteries may contain nickel mined in indigenous woodlands plagued by deforestation, an analysis has found, highlighting the struggle to make vehicles that are free from environmental destruction.

The week in wildlife: a penguin posse, a little leopard cat and a chonky squirrel

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:00:54 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Severe drought declared in six areas of England as reservoirs run low

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:18:27 +0000

Some reservoirs in south at critical levels as water companies call for extended restrictions that would affect golf clubs, private schools and car washes

A severe drought has been declared in six areas of England, with some reservoirs at critically low levels, threatening public supplies.

‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:14 +0000

While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success

Shortly after 12.45pm, what remains of a 300-metre line goes taut. Somewhere beneath the murky green surface of Delaware Bay, on the eastern US coast, a sand tiger shark has taken the bait of a mackerel chunk. Marine researchers at the University of Delaware haul the line towards a small boat as the shark’s grey-brown outline emerges.

For the future of green politics, look beyond the Green party | Zoe Williams

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:15:25 +0000

Environmentalists of all political hues must find the language and ideas that turn passion for climate action into impetus