Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Why resurrect the dire wolf when existing animals are facing extinction? | Martha Gill

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:30:50 +0000

It’s not as sensational as recreating long-dead species, but conserving modern-day fauna is far more pressing

Inside the fight to save California’s dying sea lions from toxic algae: ‘We’re like 911 operators’

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:00:50 +0000

The chance of the marine animal’s survival after domoic acid poisoning is 50-50, and this year, the outbreak has sickened hundreds

It was just after 8am on Tuesday, a thick morning fog still clinging to the California coastline, and SeaWorld’s animal rescue team had already made their first save of the day: a hefty, sick-looking sea lion that had been waddling dangerously close to a four-lane highway in downtown San Diego.

National Trust bans coaches from East Sussex beauty spot to cut visitor numbers

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:27:58 +0000

More than 600,000 people a year visit Birling Gap, part of Seven Sisters cliffs, which are vulnerable to coastal erosion

The National Trust has banned coaches from one of Britain’s most popular beauty spots in an attempt to reduce the growing numbers of people visiting the site.

Up to 600,000 people a year visit Birling Gap which is part of the Seven Sisters cliffs in East Sussex on England’s south coast.

Mexico to send water to Texas farmers as US treaty threat grows

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:19:08 +0000

Mexico’s failure to keep up 81-year-old water-sharing treaty has sparked a diplomatic spat with the US

Mexico will make an immediate water delivery to Texas farmers to help make up its shortfall under a treaty that has strained US relations and prompted tariff threats by Donald Trump, said Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, on Friday.

Revealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:00:26 +0000

Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

Endangered koalas and the ecologist documenting their extinction – video

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:00:21 +0000

Maria Matthes, a lifelong koala conservationist, says loss of habitat and the climate crisis have threatened the endangered species in eastern New South Wales. Almost 2m hectares of forests suitable for koalas have been destroyed since 2011. They are one of more than 2,000 Australian species listed as under threat in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis

Tell us about the people in your community working to protect our endangered species

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:00:21 +0000

While the election is ignoring the issue of Australia’s extinction crisis, volunteers and community groups all around the country are doing their best to save our endangered species. We want to hear about them

Shipping companies to pay for carbon dioxide produced by vessels

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:06:49 +0000

Compromise deal falls far short of carbon levy poor countries were hoping for

Shipping companies will have to pay for the carbon dioxide produced by their vessels for the first time under new rules agreed by the world’s maritime watchdog.

California’s $59bn agriculture industry reels under Trump’s wavering tariffs

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:00:17 +0000

Some farmers recovered from president’s first-term trade war and a fresh one is estimated to cost the state $6bn a year

California’s $59bn agricultural industry is bracing for disruption as Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to spike tensions and trigger economic turmoil with China – one of the state’s biggest buyers.

‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:49:11 +0000

Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’

Arriving at the Kidbrooke Village housing development in Greenwich on a morning in early spring, the first thing you notice is the sound of birdsong and the scent of blossom. Geese are gently honking in the distance.

This was once the Ferrier estate, a postwar housing estate that was demolished in 2009 to regenerate the area.