Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Butterflies crossing oceans, moths navigating by the stars: unravelling the mysteries of insect migrations

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:00:27 +0000

Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tracking their movements

On a cloudless sunny day in October 1950, ornithologists Elizabeth and David Lack stood on a mountain pass in the Pyrenees and observed a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle – clouds of migrating insects.

Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:00:23 +0000

Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

Finding out who owns land in England is to become much simpler because a paywall will be lifted from large parts of the Land Registry, the government is to announce.

Democrats urge windfall tax as big oil set to make billions from Iran war

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:24:32 +0000

Progressive and green groups join call for tax on major fossil-fuel companies to help offset rising living costs

With big oil companies poised to reap billions of dollars in profits from the war in Iran, Democratic lawmakers and progressive groups are calling for a windfall tax on major fossil fuel companies.

Oil flows again through controversial California pipeline after Trump order

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:27:25 +0000

Pipeline, closed since 2015 after huge oil spill, reopens after president cites need to boost US supply amid war on Iran

Oil has begun to flow from a controversial California pipeline system for the first time in an more than decade following a Trump administration order, despite state officials decrying the move.

Australia’s environment minister wants to ban fishers and drillers from more ocean – and avoid a culture war

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:00:49 +0000

Conservationists hope Murray Watt’s review of national marine parks will ‘right the wrongs’ of previous downgrade of protection

Surfing’s big break: how climate crisis insurance may save El Salvador’s waves

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:00:48 +0000

Fearing that extreme weather threatened its epic breaks, Oriente Salvaje is piloting the first surf insurance policy to protect livelihoods and ecosystems

In the late 1990s in El Salvador, Rodrigo Barraza went in search of every surfer’s dream: a pristine wave, far from the crowds. Down a rough dirt track hours from any city, he found it: a little-known surf spot on the country’s eastern shores, where long lines of waves form a crisp right-hand break, surrounded by thousands of hectares of tropical forest.

How Pakistan’s people-led solar boom is easing impact of Middle East energy crisis

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:00:47 +0000

Falling costs and government incentives make solar an attractive option for many, reducing need for gas

After prices of liquefied natural gas surged to record highs after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, millions of people in Pakistan were repeatedly left without electricity. An intense heatwave and gas shortages amid record-breaking prices resulted in power cuts across the country.

Saving the pint: behind the race to climate-proof beer in the US

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:00:45 +0000

Water shortages and rising heat is putting pressure on beer ingredients, but US brewers and farmers are adapting

With St Patrick’s Day this week, millions of Americans are raising a glass. Beer remains the country’s most popular alcoholic drink with more than 6bn gallons consumed each year. But from water shortages to rising temperatures, the climate crisis is putting pressure on beer’s most essential ingredients.

A total hoot! Beautiful birds – in pictures

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:00:41 +0000

From fluffy owlets to rosy-hued flamingos, Claire Rosen’s portraits of live birds took her on a journey that touched on colonialism, wallpaper design … and chickens

Reduced physical activity due to global heating will lead to rise in health issues, study says

admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:30:32 +0000

Researchers project that reduced activity could contribute to half a million additional premature deaths annually by 2050

Rising temperatures are making physical activity undesirable and even dangerous in many parts of the world, and as global heating worsens, it will further affect how much people are able to move.

Researchers analysed data from 156 countries between 2000 and 2022 and modelled how rising temperatures may affect physical activity globally by 2050.