Breaking Waves: Ocean News

London Eye architect proposes 14-mile tidal power station off Somerset coast

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:07:04 +0000

West Somerset Lagoon would harness renewable energy for UK’s AI boom – and create ‘iconic’ arc around Bristol Channel

The architect of the London Eye wants to build a vast tidal power station in a 14-mile arc off the coast of Somerset that could help Britain meet surging electricity demand to power artificial intelligence – and create a new race track to let cyclists skim over the Bristol Channel.

A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:00:34 +0000

From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times

‘Ghost resorts’: as hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned, will nature reclaim the Alps?

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 06:48:56 +0000

With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens more

When Céüze 2000 ski resort closed at the end of the season in 2018, the workers assumed they would be back the following winter. Maps of the pistes were left stacked beside a stapler; the staff rota pinned to the wall.

Six years on, a yellowing newspaper dated 8 March 2018 sits folded on its side, as if someone has just flicked through it during a quiet spell. A half-drunk bottle of water remains on the table.

No significant projected climate change effects on the geographic ranges of marine aquaculture species under the sustainable scenario (SSP 1-1.9, 1.5°C warming)

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 27 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00178-7

No significant projected climate change effects on the geographic ranges of marine aquaculture species under the sustainable scenario (SSP 1-1.9, 1.5°C warming)

Call for citizen scientists to monitor threatened turtle species on NSW beaches

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:47:38 +0000

Beachgoers from the Tweed to Batemans Bay have been asked to be on the lookout – and every nest reported to TurtleWatch NSW will be protected

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The first sea turtle nest discovery of the breeding season has led to a rescue mission and kicked off a campaign to protect an endangered species.

The Guardian view on adapting to the climate crisis: it demands political honesty about extreme weather | Editorial

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:30:14 +0000

Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at how the struggle to adapt to a dangerously warming world has become a test of global justice

Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:00:14 +0000

These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to close

Inside a large greenhouse at the University of Kansas, Professor Liz Koziol and Dr Terra Lubin tend rows of sudan grass in individual plastic pots. The roots of each straggly plant harbor a specific strain of invisible soil fungus. The shelves of a nearby cold room are stacked high with thousands of plastic bags and vials containing fungal spores harvested from these plants, then carefully preserved by the researchers.

US voters linking climate crisis to rising bills despite Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:30:08 +0000

New polling shows 65% of registered US voters believe global heating is affecting cost of living

Most Americans now connect the worsening climate crisis with their cost of living pressures, with clear majorities also disagreeing with moves by the Trump administration to gut climate research and halt windfarms, new polling has found.

Living on the edge: what young people in England told us about life on the coast

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 10:00:06 +0000

As part of the Guardian’s Against the tide series, readers aged 18 to 30 share what they love about living in their coastal town, the challenges and why they often choose to leave

Megan, a 24-year-old from the Isle of Wight, is very familiar with saying goodbye. She decided university wasn’t for her and remembers how, one by one, she waved off her friends who left the island to study. Many never came back.

Year in wildlife – in pictures

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:00:06 +0000

We look back over the year’s wildlife photographs, and hand out some much-deserved gongs to brilliant and beautiful creatures around the world