Breaking Waves: Ocean News

French hunter, 81, on trial for killing endangered bear that attacked him

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:18:55 +0000

Brown bear charged at André Rives in the Pyrenees and dragged him several metres before he shot and killed it

An 81-year-old French hunter has gone on trial accused of killing an endangered bear that attacked him in the Pyrenees.

The brown bear is a protected species in the mountain range, which separates France and Spain.

Destructive dust and Trump cuts: five things to know about latest US storms and tornadoes

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:35:15 +0000

Meteorologist and climate journalist on growing concern of dust storms and why recent storms were a preview of future

A spring dance and a fish protest: photos of the day – Tuesday

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:59:29 +0000

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

‘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.

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?

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.

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.

Up to 1.2m people could lose between £4,200 and £6,300 per year from changes to Pip, Resolution Foundation says -UK politics live

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

Work and pensions secretary says Benefits crackdown will save £5bn by 2030 but disability charities say cuts are ‘immoral’

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.

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.

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