Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘Cataclysmic’: environmentalists fear effects of Trump cuts on Great Lakes

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:00:42 +0000

Advocates warn firings and funding freezes already risk poisoning drinking water and decimating fish population

Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s attacks on federal agencies and funding freezes will be “cataclysmic” for the environment of the sensitive Great Lakes region if not reversed, industry and environmental advocates in the region warn.

I’m obsessed with cave diving. This is the closest environment we have to space

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:00:38 +0000

Some of the caves I dive in are hundreds of thousands of years old and the marine life is unique. But they can be very dangerous places

Cave diving is like swimming through the history of the planet. There are remains of both humans and animals but also stalactites and stalagmites. These cannot form when the cave is flooded, so you can see when parts of it were submerged and when it was dry.

Too many urban deer is ‘an impending disaster’ – still, we owe them an apology

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:00:38 +0000

Witnessing near-miss roadkill on a daily basis makes me wonder if we can be better neighbors to wildlife

Heart racing, I hold my breath and brace to witness the impact.

The spindly fawn crosses first, tottering its way across the two-lane artery that borders my house. I watch a truck approaching in the opposite direction and wait for it to slow down. Will it?

Hope for endangered penguins as no-fishing zones agreed off South Africa

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:20:47 +0000

Deal will restrict fishing near colonies on Robben Island and Bird Island for 10 years, after long debate between industry and conservationists

Efforts to stop the critically endangered African penguin from going extinct took a step forward on Tuesday after South African conservationists and fishing industry groups reached a legal settlement on no-fishing zones around six of the penguins’ major breeding colonies.

Benefits crackdown ‘to save £5bn by 2030’, claims Liz Kendall as disability charities say cuts are ‘immoral’ – UK politics live

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:19:47 +0000

Work and pensions secretary says one in 10 people of working age are claiming sickness or disability benefit

Q: Why have you changed your mind on this?

Badenoch says she has not changed her mind. As a member of the government, she abided by collective responsibility. She says in government she regularly questioned the case for net zero.

The person who’s been consistent in all this is me.

I’m not going to pretend that I won’t have critics … This is politics. Being a politician is about being criticised.

Did you catch that? On the boats with Cornish fishers – in pictures

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:00:03 +0000

Flying lobsters, cuttlefish ink and stargazy pie … Jon Tonks got on his kayak to spend 18 months photographing the incredible fishing communities around England’s south-west coast

Yes, ball games: drive to take down signs warning against play begins in London

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:00:03 +0000

Charity says thousands of signs on capital’s estates deter children from being active, and is covering some of them up

A campaign to bring down thousands of “no ball games” signs across London – and eventually across the UK – has launched with a “more ball games” takeover on a Lambeth housing estate.

The new signs, which show basketball hoops, were designed by the inequality charity London Sport, working with the advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi, and are being put over “no ball games” signs on the Mursell estate in Stockwell with support from Lambeth council.

Countries must bolster climate efforts or risk war, Cop30 chief executive warns

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:00:02 +0000

Ana Toni also criticises the UK’s plans to slash overseas aid to fund defence spending

Countries looking to boost their national security through rearmament or increased defence spending must also bolster their climate efforts or face more wars in the future, one of the leaders of the next UN climate summit has warned.

‘Heartbreaking’: poisoning suspected after mass deaths of more than 200 little corellas in Newcastle

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:26:22 +0000

Hunter Wildlife Rescue started receiving numerous reports of sick and dead birds on Monday, centred on the suburbs Hamilton and Carrington

Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:00:02 +0000

Exclusive: Almost 300,000 hours of raw effluent poured into waterways, figures show, up from 196,000 in 2023

A record 50% more raw sewage was discharged into rivers in England by Thames Water last year compared with the previous 12 months, data seen by the Guardian reveals.