Breaking Waves: Ocean News

This New York City island was once a military base. Now it’s becoming a climate solutions hub – in pictures

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:00:28 +0000

Governors Island, a 172-acre island in New York Harbor only accessible by ferry, attracts nearly a million visitors each year. More recently, it has evolved into an educational hub and incubator for solutions to facing the city’s climate and environmental challenges

Tapirs, hummingbirds and a billion-dollar bedrock of gold: the Ecuador reserve that is now a battlefield over a new mine

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:00:26 +0000

A licence to dig in the Cajas region has been welcomed by some as an answer to economic woes. Yet many fear it will devastate a fragile ecosystem and set the tone for further projects in the country

Golden grasses, mossy hummocks and scattered lakes unfurl across the highlands of Macizo del Cajas, Azuay province. The vastness of this high-altitude Ecuadorian moorland combines with its near-silence to create an empty, alien atmosphere.

BP makes major oil and gas discovery off Brazil coast

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:01:45 +0000

Company renews focus on fossil fuels and believes Santos basin could be its largest find since 1999

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BP has made its largest oil and gas discovery of the past 25 years off the coast of Brazil as it continues to shift its focus back to fossil fuels.

New Zealand to charge foreign tourists to visit most famous sites

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 04:36:35 +0000

Visitors to pay up to NZ$40 to access certain attractions in coming years amid overhaul of conservation laws

New Zealand plans to start charging international tourists fees to enter its famous natural sites and will make it easier for businesses to operate on conservation land as part of a controversial proposal to “unleash” growth on ecologically and culturally protected areas.

Rewilding group to assess possible return of white storks to London

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 23:01:53 +0000

Citizen Zoo to map habitats in the capital and consult boroughs and the public about reintroduction of the birds

An urban rewilding group is seeking the public’s views on the potential return of white storks to London as part of a project to see if the birds could make a home in the capital.

White storks could once be seen flying in Britain’s skies and building their huge nests on roofs and in trees, but they disappeared centuries ago as a breeding bird as a result of hunting and habitat loss.

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 22:30:52 +0000

Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned. The world is in a “plastics crisis”, it concluded, which is causing disease and death from infancy to old age and is responsible for at least $1.5tn (£1.1tn) a year in health-related damages.

Brush-tailed bettongs released into Mount Gibson sanctuary – video

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:00:43 +0000

The Australian Wildlife Conservancy in July moved 147 brush-tailed bettongs from an 8,000 hectare fenced 'safe haven' to the surrounding sanctuary. With the conservancy managing the population of cats and foxes in the area, they're hoping the bettongs will be able to survive and thrive

Clean energy subsidies should be replaced with ‘market-based incentives’ from 2030, Australia’s Productivity Commission says

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 12:30:39 +0000

Interim report on investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation sets out reforms

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Fewer green energy tariffs offered as British households opt for cheaper deals

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:00:39 +0000

Industry data shows suppliers have scaled back premium-priced deals based on renewables as demand falls

The number of green energy tariffs available to British households has plummeted during the cost of living crisis as bill payers choose affordability over sustainability, according to industry data.

Energy suppliers have pulled tariffs advertised as “green” from the market since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered a global energy crisis that pushed gas and electricity bills to record highs.

The hidden climate battle between forests and the ocean

admin — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 16:26:48 +0000

Between 2003 and 2021, Earth saw a net boost in photosynthesis, mainly thanks to land plants thriving in warming, wetter conditions—especially in temperate and high-latitude regions. Meanwhile, ocean algae struggled in increasingly stratified and nutrient-poor tropical waters. Scientists tracked this global energy shift using satellite data, revealing that land ecosystems not only added more biomass but also helped stabilize climate by capturing more carbon.