Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Iberian lynx no longer endangered after numbers improve in Spain and Portugal

admin — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:00:33 +0000

The animal, which is still categorised as ‘vulnerable’, has been the subject of a 20-year conservation programme

Less than a quarter of a century after the Iberian lynx was feared to be only a whisker away from extinction, populations of the animal have recovered enough across Spain and Portugal for it to be moved from “endangered” to “vulnerable” on the global red list of threatened species.

‘It’s not about catching anything’: the Cornish group fishing for wellbeing

admin — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:00:32 +0000

On Falmouth pier, volunteer angling coaches and men and women of all ages gather regularly for fresh air, companionship and the mindfulness that comes from casting a rod into the sea

When Justin Keight saw two ambulances outside his best friend’s house one morning during the Covid lockdown, he knew instantly what it meant. His friend, who was married with children, had lived with depression.

Activists spray planes with paint at UK airfield where Taylor Swift jet landed

admin — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:24:28 +0000

Two Just Stop Oil activists broke into private airfield at Stansted airport on Thursday before targeting jets

Just Stop Oil activists have sprayed orange paint over private jets at Stansted airport on the airfield where Taylor Swift’s plane is stationed, the environmental group has said.

Two activists, Jennifer Kowalski, 28, a former sustainability manager from Dumbarton, and Cole Macdonald, 22, from Brighton, broke into a private airfield in Stansted at 5am on Thursday before targeting the jet.

Planes spray-painted at UK airfield where Just Stop Oil says Taylor Swift jet landed – video

admin — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:44:23 +0000

Just Stop Oil activists have sprayed two jets with orange paint at a private airfield in Stansted where they say Taylor Swift's plane landed before her shows at Wembley stadium. The group said on X: 'Private jet users are responsible for up to 40x as much carbon emissions compared with a commercial flight'. The previous day, Just Stop Oil protesters sprayed Stonehenge with orange powder paint before the summer solstice

Deadly heat in Mexico and US made 35 times more likely by global heating

admin — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:00:29 +0000

Researchers find extreme heat four times more likely than at turn of millennium and urge reduction in fossil fuels

The deadly heatwave that scorched large swaths of Mexico, Central America and the southern US in recent weeks was made 35 times more likely due to human-induced global heating, according to research by leading climate scientists from World Weather Attribution (WWA).

‘This is monumental’: Australia takes first step to world heritage nomination for parts of Cape York

admin — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 06:27:37 +0000

‘We want this to be on the bucket list of visitors from around the world because it is so special globally,’ environment minister says

UK among rich countries not paying fair share to restore nature – report

admin — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 05:00:27 +0000

Only two countries provide fair amount to compensate lower-income nations for biodiversity loss, with most paying less than half what they should, says ODI

The UK, Canada, New Zealand, Italy and Spain are among the rich countries contributing less than half their fair share of nature finance to poor countries, a new report has found.

Developed nations have agreed to collectively contribute a minimum of $20bn annually for nature restoration in low and middle-income countries by 2025. This money is in addition to the $100bn agreed for climate finance.

Most people in petrostates want quick switch to clean energy, UN poll finds

admin — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 04:01:26 +0000

Largest ever climate survey also finds majority want countries to set aside differences to fight global heating

Most people in the world’s biggest fossil fuel producing countries want their countries to transition quickly to clean energy to fight the climate crisis, according to the largest ever climate opinion poll, conducted by the UN.

Fossil fuel use reaches global record despite clean energy growth

admin — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 04:00:29 +0000

Report finds developing countries are increasing reliance on coal, gas and oil as overall demand for energy rises

The world’s consumption of fossil fuels climbed to a record high last year, driving emissions to more than 40 gigatonnes of CO2 for the first time, according to a global energy report.

Despite a record rise in the use of renewable energy in 2023, consumption of fossil fuels continued to increase too, an annual review of world energy by the Energy Institute found.

How the small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu drastically cut plastic pollution

admin — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 04:00:26 +0000

With lagoons once choked by rubbish, pressure from the appalled community led the government to ban certain single-use products

For generations, the people of Erakor village in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu would pass their time swimming in the local lagoon. Ken Andrew, a local chief, remembers diving in its depths when he was a child, chasing the fish that spawned in its turquoise waters.

That was decades ago. Now 52, Andrew has noticed a more pernicious entity invading the lagoon: plastic.