Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Week in wildlife: a hungry hoopoe, a hot croc and a snoozing otter pup

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:00:28 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

‘I’m 90 for goodness sake’: rainforest activist to pedal 104 miles down Thames

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:00:27 +0000

Veteran campaigner Robin Hanbury-Tenison is raising money for a research station near his home in Cornwall

Pedalling on water for more than a hundred miles in a heatwave, pushed back by east winds and having to navigate 31 locks would be a challenge for anybody. But when that body is 90 years old, with a bad knee, failing balance and malfunctioning arms and shoulders, it’s a herculean feat.

The Tassie devils in my neighbourhood keep stealing shoes and laundry, but I adore them | Kelley Swain

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 02:45:02 +0000

The thievery of these little creatures is endlessly amusing to me, but there have been, I’m told, a few rounds of inconvenience

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Trump administration reverses decision to scrap ocean monitoring system

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:31:44 +0000

Move to dismantle $368m sea observatory initiative faced opposition from experts and lawmakers

The Donald Trump administration has reversed its decision to dismantle a $368m deep-sea observation system following an outcry from lawmakers and ocean experts.

Heathrow third runway likely to affect health of millions nearby, official report warns

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:19:01 +0000

Expansion could also harm access to housing, education, healthcare, open spaces and transport, analysis says

Construction of a third runway at Heathrow is likely to have significant adverse effects on the health and wellbeing of up to 3 million people living nearby, an official report has said, as the government launched the next stage of its rapid airport expansion plan.

South African men sentenced in ‘world’s largest’ rhino horn trafficking case

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:15:31 +0000

‘Mastermind’ Dawie Groenewald given fine of 2m rand or four-year jail term almost 16 years after arrest

Two traffickers of rhino horns have been sentenced by a South African court in what police said was the world’s largest such case, partly bringing to an end an almost two-decade legal saga.

Dawie Groenewald and Tielman Erasmus had faced more than 1,700 charges ranging from illegally hunting and dehorning rhinos to racketeering and money laundering.

Showdown in the desert: the small town fending off a new California gold rush

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:00:07 +0000

A prospecting company’s search for gold has the town of Lone Pine and Indigenous leaders on edge, as the Trump administration greenlights new projects across the American west

Lone Pine, population 1,882, lies along a stretch of California highway framed by the vast Inyo mountains and a sweeping desert landscape of sagebrush and dunes.

‘Mega-consumers’ of food and energy cost environment $5.7tn a year, study finds

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:00:06 +0000

Top 10% generate climate and biodiversity damage bill that exceeds economies of most countries, say researchers

The environmental damage bill racked up by the highest-consuming 10% of the world’s population has reached up to $5.7tn a year – larger than the economy of every country except the US and China, a study has found.

Mega-consumers in this group are concentrated in the global north, accounting for more than half the population of the US and 40-45% of people in the EU.

Lake Tahoe residents ‘horrified’ by plans to spray cancer-linked glyphosate in public lands

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:00:03 +0000

Federal agency to use herbicide to clear lands for replanting after 2021 Caldor fire – but public reaction to plan is fierce

Katherine Levy remembers a childhood deeply rooted in the natural offerings of Lake Tahoe – water-skiing in the summer and working as ski instructor on the surrounding snow-covered mountains during winter months.

Drax cleared after investigation into sourcing of wood pellets

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:13:40 +0000

Generator’s shares rise as regulator finds no evidence of misleading statements about fuel’s sustainability

The City watchdog has closed an investigation into the owner of the Drax power plant after an almost 10-month review into whether the company’s sustainability claims mislead shareholders.

The Financial Conduct Authority said it had “reviewed thousands of pages” of “complex material” relating to the company’s sourcing of wood pellets for the Drax power plant in Selby, North Yorkshire, but “did not find evidence that justified any further action”.