Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Diver captures rare footage of great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea – video

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:19:30 +0000

Footage captured by a diver shows a rare sighting of a great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea, spotted between Tunisia and Sicily.

The sighting happened during a mission, organised by the NGO Healthy Seas Foundation in partnership with Ghost Diving and the Society for Documentation of Submerged Sites, to remove abandoned fishing nets in the strait of Sicily.

Call to phase out ‘inhumane’ guga hunt by working with Hebridean islanders

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:05:09 +0000

Annual killing of infant gannets has been carried out on a remote Scottish island for at least 400 years

Animal welfare campaigners have called for talks on phasing out the “inhumane” hunt for infant gannets known as guga, which are killed by hunters on a remote Scottish island once a year.

OneKind and the League Against Cruel Sports said it should be slowly phased out in dialogue with the Hebridean islanders who see the hunt, which has been carried out for at least 400 years, as a cultural pursuit and as sustainable food harvesting.

Arizona lake closes indefinitely to visitors after all of its fish die

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:33:49 +0000

Wildlife department says drought conditions and water released from dam led to ‘major fish kill’ at San Carlos Lake

Arizona officials have indefinitely closed a popular lake to visitors after its entire population of fish died recently.

Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:00:23 +0000

Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AI

A record-shattering drought has racked much of the US. But the artificial intelligence industry is pushing ahead regardless, with the majority of planned datacenters set to be built in drought-ridden locations, a Guardian analysis has found.

Giving guitarfish a chance: one man’s mission to persuade fishers to farm giant snails instead

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:04 +0000

Marine biologist Issah Seidu has found a way for Ghana’s fishing communities to earn a living – and help protect the ancient and critically endangered fish species

Guitarfish are an odd-looking and ancient species, with the tail of a shark and the flattened body of a ray, but their coveted fins have driven populations to the brink of extinction. In west Africa, where their meat is also a local delicacy, many guitarfish species are among the most critically endangered fish in the ocean.

South Australia’s koala boom could end in mass starvation

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:35:58 +0000

South Australia’s koala population has grown so large that it may be heading toward a self-made disaster, with forests struggling to support the animals. Researchers say targeted fertility control could prevent widespread starvation and habitat collapse before it’s too late.

Octopus surge spreads up UK coast as far as Scotland, study finds

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:00:01 +0000

Record numbers linked to warming waters is mixed news for fishers, with shellfish catches down but octopus catches booming

Record numbers of octopuses found off the south-west coast of England last year have now spread as far as Scotland and Wales and are transforming the fishing industry and the marine ecosystem, according to a study.

The surge in sightings of one of the world’s most intelligent invertebrates was first recorded in 2025 off the south coast of Devon and Cornwall.

Airline industry chiefs say 2050 net zero goal now unlikely

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:47:39 +0000

Iata boss Willie Walsh blames fuel suppliers, governments and aircraft makers, saying new ‘realistic timeline’ now needed

Air fare rises ‘inevitable’ as airlines face extra $100bn jet fuel bill

The aviation industry’s landmark pledges to be net zero by 2050 will probably not now be achieved, airline leaders have admitted.

Fisher with a mission: first woman to chair Grayling Society wants to protect ‘lady of the stream’

admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:00:27 +0000

Marnie Lovejoy hopes to inspire other women to fish, protect England’s rivers and lift up the ‘beautiful’ grayling

With its iridescent pink scales and elegant dorsal fin, the grayling is known to anglers as the “lady of the stream”, yet the society fighting for its protection has never been led by a woman, until now.

Grave in Norfolk of 119 sailors may be exhumed due to coastal erosion threat

admin — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:04 +0000

Bodies were buried in Happisburgh after HMS Invincible sank in 1801 on way to join Nelson at Battle of Copenhagen

A mass grave for 119 sailors who drowned more than 200 years ago could be exhumed to avoid their remains being exposed by coastal erosion.