Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Coal pollution chokes Ulaanbataar – in pictures

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:00:43 +0000

The toxic smog that settles over the Mongolian capital every winter has been a suffocating problem for well over a decade that successive governments have failed to dispel. In the depths of winter, the city’s daily average of PM 2.5 small particulate that can enter the lungs and bloodstream, can be 27 times higher than the level considered safe by the World Health Organization. Respiratory illness cases have risen steadily, with pneumonia the second leading cause of death for children under five

The Guardian view on microplastics: harmful pollution must be curbed | Editorial

admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 17:25:23 +0000

New evidence of particles damaging crops strengthens the case for an international plastics treaty

Underwater ‘doorbell’ helps scientists catch coral-eating fish in Florida

admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 13:00:18 +0000

Researchers use innovative cameras to identify fish species hindering coral reef restoration

Marine scientists in Florida working to help reverse a calamitous decades-long decline in coral reefs caught fishy “porch pirates” in the act with an innovative underwater doorbell-style surveillance camera.

Line 5, a Trump donor, is profiting off a pipeline deal threatening pollution

admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 12:00:18 +0000

Trump administration accused of ‘quid pro quo’ for fast-tracking controversial fossil fuel proposal in Michigan

Donald Trump’s administration is being accused by activists of a quid pro quo as it attempts to fast-track a controversial fossil fuel pipeline proposal in Michigan that would in part be built by a donor with deep financial ties to the president.

Thousands of fish die in cyclone-hit northern rivers amid reports of eels and crabs fleeing ‘blackwater’

admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 04:01:02 +0000

Decomposing organic matter in catchments flooded by Cyclone Alfred removed oxygen from water, suffocating aquatic life

Big oil gathers in Texas – but beneath the bravado, Trump-induced anxiety

admin — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 13:00:50 +0000

Energy summit in Houston makes clear US is nowhere close to curbing fossil fuels, but tariffs are causing disquiet

This week, the world’s most influential fossil-fuels conference, which has been dubbed the “Coachella of oil”, featured an industry displaying outward glee but barely managing to conceal its anxiety.

From profiteroles to moles: project uncovers gulls’ surprising diet

admin — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:00:45 +0000

Salford University findings show gulls are predators – not just opportunists snatching people’s snacks

In pictures: Octopus? Ice cream? Is there anything gulls don’t eat?

Gulls are renowned for snatching chips from tourists’ hands, but a scientific project has revealed the greedy birds also like to tuck into moles and quench their thirst with seal milk.

Exploited, recognised as a slavery victim, now facing deportation: one seafarer’s UK ordeal

admin — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:00:45 +0000

After years of helping Scottish criminal investigations and despite fearing for his life in India, Vishal Sharma’s asylum claim has been rejected

When Vishal Sharma, an experienced merchant seaman, arrived in London from India in November 2017, he was looking forward to a good job on a Belgian tanker, the MT Waasmunster, assisting engineers. He had a 15-month contract and a transit visa, enabling him to travel to Milford Haven in Wales, where the 174-metre vessel was anchored.

Octopus? Ice cream? Is there anything gulls don’t eat? – in pictures

admin — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:00:44 +0000

Gulls are known for being ravenous – check out a selection of things they like

• All images from the Gulls Eating Stuff project

• From profiteroles to moles: project uncovers gulls’ surprising diet

Green leader Adrian Ramsay: Labour’s ‘growth v nature’ framing is an outrage

admin — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 06:00:42 +0000

Co-leader says deprioritisation of net zero is ‘extremely dangerous’ as he rejects ‘nimby-in-chief’ characterisation

Labour’s push for economic growth at the expense of climate and nature is “extremely dangerous”, the co-leader of the Green party has said.

Adrian Ramsay, the MP for Waveney Valley between Norfolk and Suffolk, was one of the four Green MPs elected to parliament last July in their best ever result. He said and his colleagues knew they would be holding Labour to account, but did not expect to be as disappointed as they have been.