Breaking Waves: Ocean News

California’s $59bn agriculture industry reels under Trump’s wavering tariffs

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:00:17 +0000

Some farmers recovered from president’s first-term trade war and a fresh one is estimated to cost the state $6bn a year

California’s $59bn agricultural industry is bracing for disruption as Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to spike tensions and trigger economic turmoil with China – one of the state’s biggest buyers.

‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:49:11 +0000

Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’

Arriving at the Kidbrooke Village housing development in Greenwich on a morning in early spring, the first thing you notice is the sound of birdsong and the scent of blossom. Geese are gently honking in the distance.

This was once the Ferrier estate, a postwar housing estate that was demolished in 2009 to regenerate the area.

Week in wildlife: ospreys reunited, a monkey thief and a London fox cub

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:00:33 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

‘Toxic cocktail’: study finds almost 200 pesticides in European homes

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:37:24 +0000

More than 40% of pesticides discovered in dust linked to toxic effects including cancer and hormone disruption

Almost 200 pesticides have been found by a study examining dust in homes around Europe, as scientists say regulators need to take “toxic cocktails” of chemicals into account when banning or restricting the use of pesticides.

Turbo chooks moved into our garden and had babies without telling us! What a dilemma | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:30:33 +0000

The chickens aren’t really happy about it either – whomst would be a chicken

Will global climate action be a casualty of Trump’s tariffs?

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:00:01 +0000

Clean energy investors likely to pull back from US, but other countries may seize opportunity to speed transition

Donald Trump’s upending of the global economy has raised fears that climate action could emerge as a casualty of the trade war.

Starlings fall to record low in UK’s 2025 Big Garden Birdwatch

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 05:00:01 +0000

RSPB urges people to support threatened birds by cutting lawns less frequently and avoiding pesticides

Fewer starlings than ever have been spotted by participants in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch, raising fears for their numbers.

The bird conservation charity is urging Britain’s gardeners to keep their lawns wild by not cutting them too often, and to avoid the use of pesticides, which reduce the number of insects to eat and can poison birds.

The big lesson for Europe? Trump backed down under pressure | Alexander Hurst

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 04:00:03 +0000

The EU neither ‘kissed ass’ nor unleashed its most powerful trade weapon. Now it must provide the world with an alternative to US chaos

My condolences to everyone who spent days trying to play 5D chess with Donald Trump’s market-exploding tariff mess. Where Trump is involved, there is a cloud of malevolent chaos, and there is grift amid the chaos. What grandmasters there are to be found are almost certainly grandmasters of grift.

PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 04:00:02 +0000

Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online

A leaked document shows that vested interests may have been behind a “mud-slinging” PR campaign to discredit a landmark environment study, according to an investigation.

The Eat-Lancet Commission study, published in 2019, set out to answer the question: how can we feed the world’s growing population without causing catastrophic climate breakdown?

Australian voters are left in the dark on climate targets as they head to the ballot box | Tony Wood

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 01:05:26 +0000

There has been little talk about how Australia’s economy will get to net zero. That’s a terrible reflection on the state of our politics

The Coalition has been forced to reassert its commitment to the Paris climate agreement after its energy spokesperson, Ted O’Brien, appeared to waver on the pledge on Thursday.