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en‘The risk of extinction is accelerating’: world’s botanic gardens raise alarm with space to protect endangered plants running out
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/risk-extinction-accelerating-world-s-botanic-gardens-raise-alarm-space-protect-endange
<p>University of Cambridge research suggests living collections have collectively reached peak capacity</p>
<p>Botanic gardens around the world are failing to conserve the rarest and most threatened species growing in their living collections because they are running out of space, according to research from the University of Cambridge.</p>
<p>Researchers analysed a century’s worth of records from 50 botanic gardens and arboreta, collectively growing half-a-million plants, to see how the world’s living plant collections have changed since 1921.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/risk-extinction-accelerating-world-s-botanic-gardens-raise-alarm-space-protect-endange" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:49:38 +0000admin98701 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgHope for Britain’s loneliest bat after second species member discovered
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/hope-britain-s-loneliest-bat-after-second-species-member-discovered
<p>Greater mouse-eared bat was declared extinct in the UK but ecologists now believe population recovery is possible</p>
<p>For 21 long winters, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jun/12/the-last-bat-the-mystery-of-britains-most-solitary-animal">Britain’s loneliest bat</a> hibernated alone in a disused railway tunnel in Sussex.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/hope-britain-s-loneliest-bat-after-second-species-member-discovered" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:00:19 +0000admin98702 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgFairtrade could help tackle exploitation in UK factories and farms, new boss says
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/fairtrade-could-help-tackle-exploitation-uk-factories-and-farms-new-boss-says
<p>Ethical trade body could ‘offer solutions’ in advising government on protecting workers, says Eleanor Harrison</p>
<p>Fairtrade could help tackle exploitation in UK factories and farms – as well as those in developing countries – the incoming boss of the ethical trade body has said.</p>
<p>Eleanor Harrison, who in March takes the reins of the group behind the Fairtrade mark which appears on products in shops, has said it could “offer solutions” in advising the UK government on protecting workers.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/fairtrade-could-help-tackle-exploitation-uk-factories-and-farms-new-boss-says" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 07:00:15 +0000admin98700 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgHow human activity has shaped Brazil Nut forests' past and future
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/how-human-activity-has-shaped-brazil-nut-forests-past-and-future
<p>Researchers use genomic data to study the decline in genetic diversity in the Amazon Basin, particularly in Brazil Nut trees. The research uses genomic data to understand this keystone species' genetic health and adaptability, help reconstruct its demographic history, and assess the long-term impacts of human interaction on forest ecosystems. The findings emphasize the need for conservation strategies to consider both ecological and anthropogenic factors.</p>
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:10:17 +0000admin98698 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgWorld’s largest iceberg drifts threateningly toward remote island of penguins and seals
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/world-s-largest-iceberg-drifts-threateningly-toward-remote-island-penguins-and-seals
<p>Gigantic wall of ice moves slowly from Antarctica on potential collision course with wildlife breeding ground</p>
<p>The world’s largest iceberg – a behemoth more than twice the size of London – is drifting toward a remote island where scientists say it could run aground and threaten penguins and seals.</p>
<p>The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/antarctica">Antarctica</a> on a potential collision course with South Georgia, a crucial wildlife breeding ground.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/world-s-largest-iceberg-drifts-threateningly-toward-remote-island-penguins-and-seals" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 16:18:41 +0000admin98696 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgUK climate and nature bill dropped after deal with Labour backbenchers
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-climate-and-nature-bill-dropped-after-deal-labour-backbenchers
<p>Ministers avoid internal party row by promising potential rebels they will have input into environmental legislation</p>
<p>Ministers have seen off a bill that would have made the UK’s climate and environment targets legally binding, after promising Labour backbenchers that they would have input into environmental legislation.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-climate-and-nature-bill-dropped-after-deal-labour-backbenchers" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:17:35 +0000admin98697 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgBack by unpopular demand, the great Heathrow expansion show. If only planes ran on hot air | Marina Hyde
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/back-unpopular-demand-great-heathrow-expansion-show-if-only-planes-ran-hot-air-marina-
<p>Rachel Reeves flies back from Davos to lead a revival of the aviation perennial. Labour hated the idea before, but growth won’t grow itself, will it?</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/back-unpopular-demand-great-heathrow-expansion-show-if-only-planes-ran-hot-air-marina-" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:56:15 +0000admin98695 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgActivist hits back at Starmer for ‘demonising’ him as green ‘zealot’
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/activist-hits-back-starmer-demonising-him-green-zealot
<p>Former councillor Andrew Boswell accuses PM of wanting to lock people out of planning process</p>
<p>An activist singled out by Keir Starmer as an environmental “zealot” who must be stopped from making “vexatious” legal claims that thwart growth, has accused the prime minister of trying to lock people out of the planning process.</p>
<p>Andrew Boswell, a 68-year-old former Green councillor, insisted his two-year legal fight over the expansion of the A47 in Norfolk was worth it, despite it ending in defeat in the supreme court last year.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/activist-hits-back-starmer-demonising-him-green-zealot" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:11:59 +0000admin98693 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgStorm Éowyn lashes Galway aquarium in Ireland – video
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/storm-owyn-lashes-galway-aquarium-ireland-video
<p>An aquarium in Galway has been hit by strong winds and flooding as Storm Éowyn sweeps Ireland and the UK. Footage shows water rising to the top of a staircase and streaming past the building as gusts blow flood water across the car park </p>
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Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:01:19 +0000admin98694 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgElectric cars in UK last as long as petrol and diesel vehicles, study finds
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/electric-cars-uk-last-long-petrol-and-diesel-vehicles-study-finds
<p>International research team based findings on 300m records from MOT data to estimate failure rates of all cars</p>
<p>Battery cars on Britain’s roads are lasting as long as petrol and diesel cars, according to a study that has found a rapid improvement in electric vehicle reliability.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/electric-cars-uk-last-long-petrol-and-diesel-vehicles-study-finds" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:28:30 +0000admin98691 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org