Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Overfishing has caused cod to halve in body size since 1990s, study finds

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:00:36 +0000

Evolutionary change driven by intensive fishing led cod to ‘shrink’ from average 40cm length in 1996 to 20cm in 2019

Overfishing has led to a collapse in the eastern Baltic cod population, but over the past three decades the size of the fish themselves has also been dramatically and mysteriously shrinking.

Mexico’s president threatens to sue over SpaceX debris from rocket explosions

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:22:16 +0000

Company’s Starbase launch site in Texas near the Mexican border has seen test failures resulting in large explosions

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has threatened legal action over falling debris and contamination from billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket launches across the border in the United States.

Hot asphalt, ‘corn sweat’ and floods: midwest swelters as heatwave grips the US

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:00:32 +0000

Millions seek relief from a severe heat dome that’s led to lake drownings, leaking methane gas and affected farmers

At a splash pad on the banks of the Great Miami River in downtown Dayton, Michelle Winston, her partner and their daughter have come to cool off from the brutal heat.

“It’s our first time down here this year, but because it’s so hot, we’ll be coming back for sure,” she says as she helps her daughter clear water from her eyes.

Mirrors in space and underwater curtains: can technology buy us enough time to save the Arctic ice caps?

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:00:31 +0000

A conference in Cambridge this week will explore a raft of geoengineering ideas to cool the region down – and attempt to address the fears of those who argue the risks outweigh the benefits

‘No end of problems’ for Australia’s south-east coastlines as strong winds and large waves hit again

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:05:20 +0000

Amid abnormally high tides this week, councils report a rising frequency of inundation and erosion events due to climate change

‘Yuck factor’: eating insects rather than meat to help the planet is failing, study finds

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 06:00:38 +0000

People are disgusted by the idea of eating bugs despite their lighter planetary cost compared to traditional livestock

Recent efforts to encourage people to eat insects are doomed to fail because of widespread public disgust at the idea, making it unlikely insects will help people switch from the environmentally ruinous habit of meat consumption, a new study has found.

Something fishy: the best of Belfast photo festival – in pictures

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 06:00:35 +0000

From peat bogs containing centuries of history to the fascinating world of sea creatures’ senses, the theme for this year’s annual event is ‘Biosphere’

Rare heath fritillary butterflies surge in number on Exmoor after sunny spring

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:00:34 +0000

More than 1,000 of one UK’s rarest butterflies seen around Holnicote Estate thanks to grazing cattle and good weather

The combination of sunny spring weather and habitat improved by a herd of red Devon cattle has led to a surge in numbers of one of the UK’s rarest butterflies on moorland in the English west country.

As well as increasing in established pockets on Exmoor, the heath fritillary is spreading to new areas, which experts say is highly unusual.

Rise in legal challenges over carbon credit schemes

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:00:33 +0000

Scrutiny of how companies plan to meet climate commitments is growing, with many successful legal challenges

Judges across the world are proving sceptical of companies’ attempts to offset their greenhouse gas emissions by buying carbon credits, a report has found.

Nairobi’s lions are almost encircled by the city. A Maasai community offers a key corridor out

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:00:33 +0000

Maasai pastoralists living by the national park in Kenya’s capital are helping wildlife with a crucial migratory route through their land – at great risk to their cherished cattle