Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Rare lichen brought back to East Anglia with help of bookbinding glue

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:00:52 +0000

Small patches of scrambled egg lichen moved from Cornwall to Breckland region, where it was last seen in 1994

A rare lichen has been reintroduced to its historical habitat of East Anglia – with the help of some bookbinding glue.

Scrambled egg lichen, so named for its bright yellow, crumbly appearance, was once common in the Breckland region of Norfolk and Suffolk but was last seen there in 1994.

Week in wildlife: a turtle hatchling, a curious marmoset and an oarfish

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:00:52 +0000

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

Offshore wind farm developer asks Labor to delay application on Illawarra project until after election

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:00:16 +0000

Chris Bowen accuses Coalition of creating ‘sovereign risk’ by opposing offshore projects as Nationals celebrate ‘major win’

Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:00:52 +0000

Exclusive: Government to grant nature groups a licence for release of rodent species after earlier setbacks

The release of beavers into English waterways is to be allowed for the first time in centuries, the Guardian can reveal.

The environment secretary, Steve Reed, is to announce that nature groups will be able to get a licence for the release. The first releases could happen this autumn.

‘Green roofs deliver for biodiversity’: how Basel put nature on top

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 05:00:47 +0000

For decades, the Swiss city has been transforming its skyline, and now boasts some of the greenest rooftops in Europe

Susanne Hablützel breaks up her work day by staring out the window at a rooftop garden. The view is not spectacular: a pile of dead wood sits atop an untidy plot that houses chicory, toadflax, thistle and moss.

Cop16 countries strike crucial deal on nature despite global tensions

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 01:09:14 +0000

Delegates hammer out compromise on delivering billions of dollars to protect species and their habitats

Delegates from across the world have cheered a last-gasp deal to map out funding to protect nature, breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions.

‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa

admin — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:47:12 +0000

Employees informed by email that their jobs would be cut off at end of day in move a worker called ‘wrong all around’

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The Trump administration has fired hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency housed within the Department of Commerce, the Guardian has learned.

An uncertain future for agricultural students at Black colleges after Trump cuts: ‘a clear attack’

admin — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:06:52 +0000

The 1890 National Scholars program gives full rides to HBCU students in fields like botany, forestry and food safety

Dr Marcus Bernard was shocked to learn last week that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) had suspended the 1890 National Scholars program that funds undergraduate students’ education in agriculture or related fields at about 20 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

California couple convicted after plane chat leads to animal trafficking bust

admin — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:08:14 +0000

Couple unwittingly revealed to state wildlife agents that they were transporting the remains of a protected sea turtle

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A California couple learned the hard way that discussing their travel plans with strangers can have dire consequences, especially when those plans involve transporting the remains of a protected sea turtle in their carry-on luggage.

Koalas' Catch-22

admin — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:58:12 +0000

New research highlights the unique dilemma faced by Sydney's koala population. Populations in south-western Sydney are among the very few in New South Wales still free of chlamydia, a highly contagious disease causing infertility that has severely diminished populations elsewhere in the continent's eastern states. However, analysis of these koalas shows how vulnerable they are to environmental threats and outbreaks of disease. Highly inbred and with low genetic diversity, they are less likely to adapt to the disease should it arrive on their doorstep.