Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Bison gores man who got too close in Yellowstone national park

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:35:13 +0000

A 30-year-old from New Jersey sustained minor injuries in latest mishap involving tourists and wildlife

A bison gored a man at Yellowstone national park on Tuesday, park officials said, in the latest instance of an injury caused to a tourist who got too close to one of the large hoofed bovines.

Cost of net zero by 2050 may determine whether Coalition abandons emissions goal, shadow minister says

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:00:40 +0000

Dan Tehan says Coalition’s position on the Paris agreement and gas reservation scheme are also up for debate

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US shrimp fishers see Trump tariffs as a lifeline: ‘We’re basically on our knees’

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:00:30 +0000

Foreign competition and natural disasters have pushed US shrimp industry to the edge of survival

Sandy Nguyen has strong opinions about where the best shrimp in the US is produced.

Otters posing for selfies in Japanese cafes may be linked to illegal trade, experts warn

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:30:25 +0000

The DNA of rare small-clawed otters in captivity in Japan has been matched to wild populations in poaching hotspots in Thailand

Posing for selfies on the laps of excited visitors, the otters of Tokyo’s animal cafes have learned to play their part in their online stardom. In thousands of social media videos, the aquatic mammals wriggle through the outstretched hands of adoring customers who reward their attention with food.

Reefs made from human ashes could revive British seabeds, says startup

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:06:53 +0000

UK company offers alternative to land-based burials after success of memorials in Bali made from remains of pets

Death is killing our planet. That is the stark assessment of a new business offering an innovative alternative: having your loved one’s ashes made into a reef and anchored to the British seabed.

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:00:26 +0000

Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

A major US government website supporting public education on climate science looks likely to be shuttered after almost all of its staff were fired, the Guardian has learned.

Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:00:24 +0000

When a US firm saw the seaweed was making their shellfish the ‘biggest and best’ scientists realised they’d hit upon a natural way to combat ocean acidification

Photographs by Greta Rybus

More on this story: A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas?

‘Win-win’: new maps reveal best opportunities for global reforestation

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:00:24 +0000

New study shows regions with best potential to regrow trees and suck climate-heating CO2 from the air

New maps have revealed the best “win-win” opportunities across the world to regrow forests and tackle the climate crisis, without harming people or wildlife.

The places range from the eastern US and western Canada, to Brazil and Columbia, and across Europe, adding up to 195 million hectares (482 million acres). If reforested, this would remove 2.2bn tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, about the same as all the nations in the European Union.

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:00:42 +0000

High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe, with the UK an extreme example

The bonnet height of new cars in the UK and elsewhere in Europe is rising relentlessly, a report has found, bringing a “clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children”.

Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians are struck. The analysis also found that drivers in the tallest cars could not see children as old as nine at all when they were directly in front of the vehicle.

Parts of Australia are suffering another devastating drought, but you wouldn’t know it in the cities | Van Badham

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 07:09:41 +0000

It’s not so much that rural and metro communities hold different opinions about climate change but rather they are holding completely different conversations

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