Environment

Environment

A strong storm system that brought relentless winds, rain and snowfall to California this week was expected to ease Friday, but there was still a risk of high surf along the coast, flash flooding near Los Angeles and avalanches in the Sierra Nevada. Waves near the San Francisco Bay Area could reach up to 25 feet Friday, parts of Southern California were at risk of flooding, and avalanches could hit the Lake Tahoe area, officials warned.

Household waste increases 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Dan Hoornweg, an energy engineering professor at Ontario Tech University, said people should check with their local recycling policies when sorting through holiday trash. Rules vary by municipality, including what belongs in recycling bins and what should go in the trash. Hoornweg cautioned residents to pay close attention to what they are throwing away.

Production data published by the Department for Transport (DfT) covering most of 2025 shows that sustainable fuels (SAF) only accounted for 1.6% of fuel supplied for UK flights 20% less fuel in volume than the 2% needed to fulfil the requirement. The government introduced the mandate in January, which requires suppliers to hit targets for SAF which the industry has argued is important for cutting its carbon emissions within the overall UK aviation fuel mix.

San Francisco Bay Shoreline, San Francisco Peninsula Coast, Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Clara Valley Including San Jose are included in a report for strong thunderstorms by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 4:17 p.m. The alert is in effect until 4:45 p.m. Wind gusts of up to 40 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 inches) are anticipated.

But first there will likely be a bit more precipitation. The National Weather Service predicts 1 to 1½ inches of rain will fall on Los Angeles County's coasts and valleys between midnight and noon on Friday, with 1½ inches to 4 inches in the mountains. Coastal and valley temperatures are anticipated to peak in the high 50s and low 60s, and snowfall is expected at elevations above 6,000 feet.

A report from the Cornwall Wildlife Trust tells us that 13 times as many octopuses as usual about 233,000, or nearly 2m legs' worth were caught in UK waters this year. Look, I don't believe in signs but these things are a sign. I don't know precisely what of, but they're a sign. When two freaky variants of two already freaky things happen, it's a sign. And what's freakier than sinkholes appearing or octopuses? Sinkholes are holes that appear out of nowhere.

"It literally felt like a bomb went off," he said.

Designed to respond to the crucial challenges of the environment, energy, climate, and health, the Maison des solidarite du Departement in Langon (Gironde) completed by ABF-LAB, is based on a radical environmental scenario where bioclimatism, passive systems, and total use of natural materials are combined to implement a new construction approach.

Described as the "western hemisphere's most sophisticated weather-observing and environmental-monitoring system," the GOES-R satellite series is capable of providing data from diverse weather phenomena. This year, it captured several images of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, which erupted from December 2024 to February 2025. In March, the lava fountain reached heights of over 1,000 feet, the highest it's been in about 50 years.

Krysten Kellum, a spokesperson with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said during the investigation officials discovered the Trans had sold 243 tuna and about 3,000 pounds of mackerel in less than a month. Investigators also issued a search warrant and found evidence of prior fishing activity that targeted crab, striped bass, halibut, shark, rockfish, lingcod, sea bass and clams.

We are here because we have a different view. We care about the planet and its inhabitants. We value it as a gift of our creator. We want to live in harmony with creation. We are here because we are motivated by love, not profit.

Eastern Santa Clara Hills, Mountains Of San Benito County And Interior Monterey County Including Pinnacles National Park and Northern Salinas Valley/Hollister Valley and Carmel Valley are included in a weather alert for showers by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 7:45 a.m. The alert is in effect until 8:30 a.m. Residents may experience wind gusts of up to 50 mph. At 7:45 a.m., Doppler radar tracked a shower 9 miles southwest of Ridgemark, or 11 miles east of Salinas, moving northeast at 40 mph, the NWS San Francisco CA said.

Coastal villages around Toliara, a city in southern Madagascar, host tens of thousands of the semi-nomadic Vezo people, who make a living from small-scale fishing on the ocean. For centuries, they have launched pirogues, small boats carved from single tree trunks, every day into the turquoise shallows to catch tuna, barracuda and grouper. We rely solely on the ocean, says Soa Nomeny, a woman from a small island off the south-west coast called Nosy Ve.

"These clear conditions will continue into tonight, with excellent flying conditions for Santa and his reindeer to deliver presents to all the children around Ireland. "We've told Santa it's going to be quite chilly tonight with lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees, but he's reassured us that all the cookies and milk will help keep him warm. "Under clear skies, it might be possible to catch a peek of Santa as he travels over us tonight, so keep an eye out!"

In a letter Dec. 15, Waste Management, one of the nation's largest waste companies, told the state the company would no longer sort cartons out of the waste stream for recycling at its Sacramento facility. Instead, it will send the milk- and food-encrusted packaging to the landfill. Marcus Nettz, Waste Management's director of recycling for Northern California and Nevada, cited concerns from buyers and overseas regulators that cartons - even in small amounts - could contaminate valuable material, such as paper,

For two weeks in late November and early December, the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, became the epicenter of global conservation diplomacy. Delegates from around the world gathered for the 20th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora-better known as CITES COP20. Their task was monumental: to negotiate international trade rules that determine the future of species ranging from okapi and saiga antelope to sharks, pangolins, eels and many more.

Southern California is in for an intense douse of heavy rainfall, strong winds and major snow over the Christmas holiday, a combination that forecasters say has the potential for life-threatening flooding and mudslides, among other risks. The excessive rainfall also has the potential to raise the dangers associated with flash flooding, according to the National Weather Service. "These [high-risk] days correspond to about two out of every five flood-related fatalities and a significant majority of all flood-related property losses in the contiguous United States,"