Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Colombia to cull up to 80 hippos descended from Pablo Escobar zoo

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:01:03 +0000

Dozens of feral pachyderms linked to drug kingpin to be killed because of threat to native species and villagers

Colombian officials have authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos descended from animals brought to the country in the 1980s by Pablo Escobar, after the feral beasts displaced native species and threatened local villagers.

Spring flowers bloom in England after mix of hot and cold weather creates ideal conditions

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:47:10 +0000

Colourful tulips, hyacinths, wisteria and daffodils appear across country as gardeners prepare for shows

Colourful tulips, hyacinths, wisteria and daffodils have made a remarkable display across England after a short period of hot weather followed by a cold snap created excellent conditions for spring blooms.

There were record temperatures last week in many parts of the UK as the country recorded one of the hottest April days in the last 80 years.

Africa’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:40:04 +0000

Africa’s forests have undergone a shocking reversal, switching from carbon absorbers to carbon emitters after 2010. Researchers found that heavy deforestation in tropical regions has led to massive biomass losses, far outweighing any gains from regrowth elsewhere. This change could seriously undermine global efforts to slow climate change. Scientists warn that protecting forests is now more urgent than ever.

Bosses of Santos, Woodside, Chevron and Shell asked to give evidence to Greens-led gas tax inquiry

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:01:42 +0000

Labor is under pressure to impose a new 25% export tax amid soaring prices from the global fuel shock

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Are we heading for ‘super El Niño’ – and what could we expect?

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:00:38 +0000

Experts say climate pattern could supercharge extreme weather events and push temperatures to record highs

There is a high likelihood that the phenomenon known as “El Niño” will emerge this summer – and it could be exceptionally strong. A so-called “super El Niño” could supercharge extreme weather events and push global temperatures to record heights next year if it develops, according to experts.

Meteorologists are keeping a close eye on the climate patterns developing in the Pacific Ocean that will enable stronger predictions about what’s to come in the year ahead.

Troubled Lake Erie is being transformed into a vast water research facility

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:00:38 +0000

For long a dumping ground for pollutants, the Great Lake is being seeded with sensor buoys to make it the world’s largest digitally connected body of freshwater

There was a time in the 1960s that the lakes and rivers around Cleveland were so polluted with petrochemicals and other contaminants that they frequently caught on fire.

A messy garden is a glorious garden. We need to stop tidying, titivating and paving them over | Emma Beddington

admin — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:00:18 +0000

I’ve just watched another of my neighbours rip up everything green and growing around their home. It’s enough to make David Attenborough weep

‘Reverse-gentrify the country’: how Black and Indigenous intentional communities are reclaiming land

admin — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:00:16 +0000

From California to Alabama, people of color are building communal spaces rooted in care and tradition

Golden eagles could be reintroduced to England after more than 150 years

admin — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:01:00 +0000

Study identified eight areas that can sustain a population and government has given £1m for recovery programme

“The world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.” So wrote Shakespeare in Richard III, in a line of social commentary that feels ever more relevant with age.

A note of good news then, in a world of so much bad, that the eagles the Bard was probably referring to could finally be reintroduced to England after more than 150 years.

Madeline Horwath on spring picnics – cartoon

admin — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:00:45 +0000