Breaking Waves: Ocean News

The Guardian view on climate fiction: no longer the stuff of sci-fi | Editorial

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A new prize recognises the power of storytelling to address the biggest issue of our time

Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back

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Researchers spot orange Maori octopus clinging to back of large shark off coast of New Zealand in December 2023

Footage of an octopus riding a shark has stunned scientists – and delighted marine animal enthusiasts.

Researchers spotted the orange Maori octopus clinging to the back of a large shortfin mako shark in the Hauraki Gulf off the northern coast of New Zealand in December 2023. The University of Auckland research team was searching the ocean for feeding frenzies at the time.

Bob Brown urges Greens to punish Labor at election if Albanese amends law to protect salmon farming

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PM’s pledge to protect Tasmanian industry will weaken laws already failing to protect natural sites and at-risk species, environmentalists say

Mysterious bags of ‘hazardous’ materials appeared in Mexico. Then we found more

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An investigation found thousands of white bags near Monterrey, but aerial footage shows a bigger problem

Reeves scapegoating bats to cut red tape is absurd, says Packham

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Broadcaster and nature campaigner claims Labour’s attack on wildlife in push for economic growth is ‘PR disaster’

Bats are being “scapegoated” by Rachel Reeves, Chris Packham has said, after the chancellor suggested the winged creatures were getting in the way of economic growth.

Use of pesticides on UK farms to be cut by 10% by 2030 to protect bees

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Campaigners welcome long-delayed proposals to reduce pesticide-related harms to pollinators

The use of pesticides on UK farms is to be reduced by 10% by 2030 under government plans to protect bees and other pollinators.

Campaigners welcomed the news, but said they were disappointed that the target applied only to arable farms and not to urban areas and parks.

Greenpeace loss will embolden big oil and gas to pursue protesters: ‘No one will feel safe’

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As Trump pushes ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda, Greenpeace verdict offers startling outlook for environmental activism

Sewage in England’s rivers and seas – in pictures

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The pumping of sewage into rivers and seas has become a scandal in Britain. Photographer Dylan Martinez has spent years travelling around the country to capture the story of its broken sewage system.

In England, water companies discharged sewage for 3.6m hours in 2023, polluting streams, rivers and coastlines, littering them with sanitary products and condoms, damaging ecosystems and habitats, and scaring away tourists.

What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care | George Monbiot

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Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at risk

If humanity has an epitaph, it might read something like this: “Knackered by the things we missed.” It is true that several existential threats are widely known and widely discussed. But some of the greatest dangers we face appear on almost no one’s radar.

Week in wildlife: March hares, a dreaming dormouse and the first chicks of spring

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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world