Breaking Waves: Ocean News

After nearly 100 years, adult winter-run Chinook salmon seen in California river

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 05:00:40 +0000

State’s fish and wildlife department posted a video showing an adult female guarding a nest of eggs

Adult winter-run Chinook salmon have been spotted in northern California’s McCloud River for the first time in nearly a century, according to the California department of fish and wildlife (CDFW).

‘Best job in the natural world’: seed collector enlisted as modern-day Darwin to document the world’s plants

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 05:00:39 +0000

Newly appointed expedition botanist Matthew Jeffery feels ‘daunted’ but inspired by his unique globetrotting role collecting wild species

It was described as “the best job in the natural world”: an expedition botanist for Cambridge University Botanic Garden who would follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin and go on plant-collecting adventures around the world.

Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 03:16:18 +0000

The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, weighs slightly less than a golf ball and may be the heaviest insect in Australia

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Fears for South Australia’s annual cuttlefish gathering amid deadly algal bloom

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 01:32:11 +0000

Breeding event known as Cuttlefest takes place in waters off Point Lowly but this year scientists warn the effect of toxic algae could be ‘catastrophic’

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Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:01:32 +0000

Fossil fuel reliance likely to continue and Cop28 target of limiting global heating to below 1.5C will be missed

Most global governments have failed to act on the 2023 UN pledge to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, according to climate analysts.

The Guardian view on England’s riverbanks: landscapes that everyone should be able to enjoy | Editorial

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:48:13 +0000

Only a small sliver of riverside land is accessible to the public. Rights of way shouldn’t depend on the goodwill of landowners

Four Montagu’s harrier chicks take flight in first UK breeding success since 2019

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:21:55 +0000

Young birds were closely monitored and protected from predators after six summers without fledging success

A pair of Montagu’s harriers have raised four chicks in an English wheat field, the first success for Britain’s rarest breeding bird since 2019.

The fledglings took their maiden flights this week after being closely monitored by the RSPB and the local farmer, with a protective wire-mesh fence installed around the nest to repel predators such as foxes.

Adani claims its export program helps contribute to sustainable energy – but experts say that’s ‘wilful disinformation’

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:00:31 +0000

Indian conglomerate’s claim about exporting coal and its role for developing nations is ‘meaningless sustainability waffle’ and amounts to greenwashing, one says

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UN holds emergency talks over sky-high accommodation costs at Cop30 in Brazil

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:12:27 +0000

Concerns poorer countries could be priced out of negotiations in Belém as room rates soar amid shortage

The UN climate bureau has held an urgent meeting about concerns that sky-high rates for accommodation at this year’s Cop30 summit in Brazil could price poorer countries out of the negotiations.

Brazil is preparing to host Cop30 this November in the rainforest city of Belém, where representatives of nearly every government in the world will gather to negotiate their joint efforts to curb the climate crisis.

Hundreds evacuated after series of rockfalls in Italy’s Brenta Dolomites

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:22:36 +0000

Experts say thawing of permafrost due to climate breakdown is causing increase in rock collapses across Alps

Hundreds of hikers and tourists were evacuated and dozens of trails closed after a series of rockfalls on the slopes of Cima Falkner in the Brenta Dolomites in the north of Italy, as experts warned of a sharp rise in landslides in the area linked to thawing permafrost.