Breaking Waves: Ocean News

The Guardian view on England’s riverbanks: landscapes that everyone should be able to enjoy | Editorial

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:48:13 +0000

Only a small sliver of riverside land is accessible to the public. Rights of way shouldn’t depend on the goodwill of landowners

Four Montagu’s harrier chicks take flight in first UK breeding success since 2019

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:21:55 +0000

Young birds were closely monitored and protected from predators after six summers without fledging success

A pair of Montagu’s harriers have raised four chicks in an English wheat field, the first success for Britain’s rarest breeding bird since 2019.

The fledglings took their maiden flights this week after being closely monitored by the RSPB and the local farmer, with a protective wire-mesh fence installed around the nest to repel predators such as foxes.

Adani claims its export program helps contribute to sustainable energy – but experts say that’s ‘wilful disinformation’

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:00:31 +0000

Indian conglomerate’s claim about exporting coal and its role for developing nations is ‘meaningless sustainability waffle’ and amounts to greenwashing, one says

UN holds emergency talks over sky-high accommodation costs at Cop30 in Brazil

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:12:27 +0000

Concerns poorer countries could be priced out of negotiations in Belém as room rates soar amid shortage

The UN climate bureau has held an urgent meeting about concerns that sky-high rates for accommodation at this year’s Cop30 summit in Brazil could price poorer countries out of the negotiations.

Brazil is preparing to host Cop30 this November in the rainforest city of Belém, where representatives of nearly every government in the world will gather to negotiate their joint efforts to curb the climate crisis.

Hundreds evacuated after series of rockfalls in Italy’s Brenta Dolomites

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:22:36 +0000

Experts say thawing of permafrost due to climate breakdown is causing increase in rock collapses across Alps

Hundreds of hikers and tourists were evacuated and dozens of trails closed after a series of rockfalls on the slopes of Cima Falkner in the Brenta Dolomites in the north of Italy, as experts warned of a sharp rise in landslides in the area linked to thawing permafrost.

Council recognises right of River Test to flow unimpeded and unpolluted

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:41:05 +0000

Test is one of only about 200 chalk streams in the world and councillors says biodiversity in and around it has declined

Local politicians have recognised the right of a famous chalk stream, the Test in Hampshire, to flow freely and unpolluted.

Councillors on Test Valley borough council voted unanimously to acknowledge “the intrinsic rights” of the rivers within its boundaries, including the Test, which is renowned for its trout and fly fishing.

Elon Musk is turning US liberals off not just Tesla but electric vehicles in general

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:00:59 +0000

Disgust at the CEO’s rightwing activism is casting a pall but conservatives are no more likely to buy EVs

US liberals have become so disgusted with Tesla since Elon Musk’s rightward turn that they are now not only far less likely to purchase the car brand but also less willing to buy any type of electric car, new research has found.

The popularity of Tesla among liberal-minded Americans has plummeted since Musk, Tesla’s chief executive and the world’s richest person, allied himself with Donald Trump and helped propel the president to election victory last year.

Experts baffled as rarely seen beaked whales involved in series of strandings

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:00:58 +0000

Incidents across northern Europe on 26 and 27 July have left scientists trying to understand why so many of the deep-diving whales have appeared

A series of strandings of one of the world’s deepest dwelling and most rarely seen types of whale in the last few days has left experts baffled over why they might have appeared in such numbers.

Scheme to release beavers into wild in England has stalled, say nature experts

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:41:11 +0000

Not a single licence granted since first beavers let loose in March, raising questions over application process

When the first pair of beavers to be legally released in England crawled sleepily from their crates into the ponds of Purbeck Heath in Dorset, it seemed like a watershed moment for wildlife in the UK.

Ethnic minorities in England at higher risk of heat-related deaths, says study

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 07:03:39 +0000

Research links poor housing, access to cooling and other economic factors to higher mortality rates during heatwaves

Ethnic minorities and people living in the most deprived areas of England are at increased risk of dying due to excess heat, according to research.

A study, published in BMJ Public Health, is the first of its kind to assess the role of socio-environmental factors in the risk of heat-related deaths.