Breaking Waves: Ocean News

India arrests environmental campaigners for ‘activities against the national interest’

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:52:54 +0000

Sarat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’

Police have raided the home of one of India’s leading environmental activists over claims his campaigning for a treaty to cut the use of fossil fuels was undermining the national interest.

Investigators from India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) claim that Harjeet Singh and his wife, Jyoti Awasthi, co-founders of Satat Sampada (Nature Forever), were paid almost £500,000 to advocate for the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty (FFNPT).

The LA wildfire victims still living in toxic homes: ‘We have nowhere else to go’

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:00:13 +0000

A year after the Eaton fire, residents returning to Altadena confront lingering contamination and little official clarity

One year on from the Eaton fire, long after the vicious winds that sent embers cascading from the San Gabriel mountains and the flames that swallowed entire streets, a shadow still hangs over Altadena.

Construction on new properties is under way, and families whose homes survived the fire have begun to return. But many are grappling with an urgent question: is it safe to be here?

We study glaciers. ‘Artificial glaciers’ and other tech may halt their total collapse | Brent Minchew and Colin Meyer

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:00:11 +0000

How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based ‘artificial glaciers’ could all play a role

Specieswatch: tough times for reindeer as rain increases in warming Arctic

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 06:00:34 +0000

When rain falls on snow it creates a layer of ice that impedes feeding, which in turn has reduced herds’ birthrates

Reindeer survive typically harsh Arctic winters by using their specially adapted hooves to scrape through the snow to nibble on the lichen and moss below. But paradoxically a warming climate is making it harder for them to reach this food, and research shows it has led to a drop in reindeer birthrates.

Pesticide industry ‘immunity shield’ stripped from US appropriations bill

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:50:26 +0000

Democrats and ‘make America healthy again’ movement pushed back on the rider in a funding bill led by Bayer

Kent water failure was foreseen and could have been stopped, regulator says

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:48:19 +0000

Problem at water treatment centre left 24,000 Tunbridge Wells homes without drinking water for two weeks

A failure at a water treatment centre that left tens of thousands of Kent households without water was foreseen weeks before it happened and could have been stopped, the regulator has said.

Twenty-four thousand homes in the Tunbridge Wells area were without drinking water for two weeks from 30 November last year due to a failure at the Pembury water treatment centre.

Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:00:13 +0000

‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics say

We can safely experiment on reflecting sunlight away from Earth. Here’s how | Dakota Gruener and Daniele Visioni

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:12 +0000

Reflecting a small fraction of incoming sunlight to reduce global heating is not a new idea. It is time to safely experiment

Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:04:33 +0000

Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their winter encounters with nature

Once again, the Young Country Diary series is open for submissions! Every three months we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14.

The article needs to be about a recent encounter they’ve had with nature – whether it’s a whether it’s a winter flower, something lurking in a pond or a fascinating bug.

Violence, death and stolen land: people need to know the true cost of an avocado | Claudia Ignacio Álvarez

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:00:30 +0000

Behind the west’s huge appetite for the fruit lies the dark reality of environmental destruction and Indigenous exploitation in Mexico

I grew up in San Andrés Tziróndaro, a Purépecha community on the shores of Lake Pátzcuaro in the Mexican state of Michoacán. My childhood was shaped by water, forests and music. The lake fed us. The forest protected us. In the afternoons, people gathered in the local square while bands passed through playing pirekua, our traditional music.

That way of life is now under threat as our land is extracted for profit.