Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Gen Z leads birdwatching boom as more Britons reach for the binoculars

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:01:30 +0000

Birdwatching no longer niche, old-fashioned pastime, says RSPB as research shows 47% increase in hobby since 2018

Birdwatching is the second fastest growing hobby for generation Z after jewellery making, according to a multiyear study of more than 24,000 people.

Almost 750,000 gen Zers (16 to 29-year-olds) in Britain regularly enjoy watching birds, a -1,088% increase since 2018, according to research by Fifty5Blue published by the RSPB.

‘Don’t fall!’: foil boarders describe hair-raising shark chase caught on video off California coast

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:26:58 +0000

Foil boarders were pursued by shark – likely a great white – off Santa Barbara before it lost interest and swam away

Democrats say EPA head’s budget cut proposal ‘reads like climate change deniers’ manifesto’

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:20:59 +0000

Lee Zeldin claims before Senate that Trump administration plan will make Environmental Protection Agency ‘more efficient’

Senate Democrats accused the Trump administration of abandoning the Environmental Protection Agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment at a congressional hearing Wednesday, slamming agency leadership over a proposal to cut its budget in half.

Australians will pay more if Albanese prioritises fossil fuel projects, former oil and gas leaders warn

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:00:21 +0000

Exclusive: Government should accelerate clean energy to protect consumers from ongoing price shocks, they say

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‘Historic breakthrough’: Colombia climate talks end with hopes raised for fossil fuel phaseout

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:15:24 +0000

Nearly 60 countries back voluntary roadmaps to wean world off coal, oil and gas, at conference prompted by frustration with UN climate summits

Protecting lions and people: the biologist dedicated to tackling human-wildlife conflict

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:14 +0000

Moreangels Mbizah has blazed a trail in Zimbabwe as the first black African woman to found a conservation organisation in the country

The turning point for Moreangels Mbizah came in 2014. The conservation biologist was in Hwange national park in Zimbabwe, scanning the savannah to monitor the movements of lions for her zoology PhD research.

The GPS signal told her something was wrong. One of the lions had strayed into a nearby village, putting itself and the local community at risk. Mbizah and her team took off to try to herd it back into its habitat.

Revealed: British ad firm’s billion-dollar greenwash of US oil industry

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:00:09 +0000

WPP accused of breaching its climate policy after report reveals firm linked to twice as much oil advertising as US rivals

A British advertising conglomerate has helped the oil companies ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP spend an estimated $1bn (£740m) on adverts in the US since the 2015 Paris agreement to tackle the climate crisis, a report shows.

Crack and crime to confident and qualified: is the future about to change for Rhyl’s youth?

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:00:09 +0000

The Welsh seaside resort has already seen a fall in offending and drug use, now a £20m investment and a fresh approach to building job skills is bringing new opportunities for under-25s

Killing time playing pool at the West Rhyl youth club, friends Sienna, 19, and Jake, 26, are unanimous when asked what a tour of the north Wales seaside town should look like. “The first place I’d show anyone is ‘Crackhead Circle’,” Sienna says.

Sounds of hope in Kent as more nightingales join dawn chorus

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:00:08 +0000

Elusive nightingale ‘doing well’ at Northward Hill, Kent, but experts cite concerns around loss of habitat

The dawn chorus at RSPB Northward Hill in Kent is a riot of sound: the melodic robin, the two-tone cuckoo, the whitethroat’s scratchy warble. Even the garbling geese and mooing cows from the neighbouring Thames marshes add to the symphony.

Are we being told the truth about a gas profits tax? | Fiona Katauskas

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:00:25 +0000

Or is it the gaslight on the hill?

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