Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Top winemaker ‘may have to leave its Spanish vineyards due to climate crisis’

admin — Sat, 17 May 2025 05:00:59 +0000

Familia Torres has been making wine in Catalonia since 1870, but says it may have to move to higher altitudes in 30 years’ time

A leading European winemaker has warned it may have to abandon its ancestral lands in Catalonia in 30 years’ time because climate change could make traditional growing areas too dry and hot.

Familia Torres is already installing irrigation at its vineyards in Spain and California and is planting vines on land at higher altitudes as it tries to adapt to more extreme conditions.

Youth-led coastal restoration initiatives can empower environmental stewardship

admin — Sat, 17 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 17 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00118-5

Campaigner wins court case over festivals in south London park

admin — Fri, 16 May 2025 17:12:52 +0000

Rebekah Shaman, of Protect Brockwell Park, took action against Lambeth council over number of large-scale events

A campaigner who argued that music festivals held in a south London park unfairly cut off large sections of the space and made it a “mud bath” has won a court case that could result in events being banned there this summer.

Anglian Water fined record £1.42m for contaminating water supply

admin — Fri, 16 May 2025 15:42:34 +0000

Firm prosecuted after unapproved material in tanks led to flakes and powder entering drinking water of 1.3m people

Anglian Water has been fined a record £1.42m for contaminating the water supply.

The company, which covers the east of England, received the fine at Northampton crown court after a prosecution brought by the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) for failures that affected 1.3 million people.

Are surging shark sightings and strandings linked to South Australia’s toxic algal bloom?

admin — Fri, 16 May 2025 15:00:46 +0000

Some have speculated there is a link, but it’s too soon to say, one expert says, with toxicology results expected to reveal more soon

This LA school is planting trees to ‘supercharge’ childhood development

admin — Fri, 16 May 2025 15:00:39 +0000

Parks, trees and green spaces are critical to kids’ health and wellbeing, but in many cities, residents have unequal access

Global recycling rates have fallen for eighth year running, report finds

admin — Fri, 16 May 2025 11:00:54 +0000

Researchers call for investment in ‘circular solutions’ as consumption rises faster than growth in population

Global recycling rates are failing to keep pace with a culture focused on infinite economic growth and consumerism, with the proportion of recycled materials re-entering supply chains falling for the eighth year running, according to a new report.

Only 6.9% of the 106bn tonnes of materials used annually by the global economy came from recycled sources, a 2.2 percentage point drop since 2015, researchers from the Circle Economy thinktank found.

Federal EPA a ‘very high and immediate’ priority of Albanese government, environment minister says

admin — Fri, 16 May 2025 08:06:20 +0000

Murray Watt is also considering ditching the ‘nature positive’ title for Labor’s overhaul of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

Week in wildlife: hitchhiking cygnets, a criminal duck and hopping hares

admin — Fri, 16 May 2025 06:00:49 +0000

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

‘Rough end to the weekend’: wintry weather on the way for south-east Australia

admin — Fri, 16 May 2025 05:01:17 +0000

In Melbourne, 14C was the forecast maximum for Saturday, with a high chance of showers, the BoM says