Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Surgeons reattach 10-year-old girl’s hand nearly lost in Florida shark attack

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:01:53 +0000

Leah Lendel was bitten by a bull shark as she was snorkeling with her family from a beach in Boca Grande

A 10-year-old girl whose hand was reattached after it was severed in a shark attack has spoken of her remarkable recovery after a “miracle” six-hour operation that has allowed her to resume knitting outfits for her beloved Barbie dolls.

Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:00:51 +0000

Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing ‘a lot more than our fair share’ on climate and west must cut emissions ‘for the happiness of your people’

The wealthy western countries most responsible for the climate crisis would improve the health and happiness of their citizens by prioritising environmental conservation and sustainable economic growth, according to the prime minister of Bhutan, the world’s first carbon-negative nation.

As New York City builds flood resilience, a Queens neighborhood feels neglected: ‘We are forgotten here’

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:00:53 +0000

Decade after officials promised to cut flood risks, Edgemere residents and experts say it continues to be vulnerable

This article was produced in partnership between Floodlight, New York Focus and the Guardian.

Baba Ndanani has lived in one of New York City’s most flood-prone neighborhoods for more than 20 years, and he knows the risks all too well.

Can mountain lions make a comeback in the US north-east? One group hopes so

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:00:52 +0000

Reintroducing the apex predator would control deer populations, maintaining healthy ecosystems and bolstering biodiversity, rewilding group says

Last summer, a wildlife photographer saw, or believed he saw, a mountain lion in South Burlington, Vermont. While it’s possible, it is also remarkable: the apex predator was rendered extinct in northern New England in 1881 and the nearest confirmed breeding population is in North Dakota, 2,000 miles (3,200km) away.

‘Sustainable’ Cambridge busway will cause irreversible ecological harm, inquiry told

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:55:55 +0000

Planned route linking Cambourne to Cambridge will go through one of county’s last traditional orchards

A £160m busway scheduled to be built through one of Cambridgeshire’s last traditional orchards would cause irreversible ecological harm, a public inquiry has been told.

Cop30 live: Ministers from global north and south unite in call for a roadmap away from fossil fuels

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:14:00 +0000

Representatives from Germany, the UK, the Marshall Islands and a number of other countries came together to issue a call for a fossil fuel roadmap

We should not fear the forces of denial and delay, UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has warned, because “they are losing this fight”.

Speaking to delegates at Cop30, the Labour politician acknowledged the existence of climate deniers and delayers across the world – including in the UK – and described them as “well funded, well organised, and determined”.

California farms applied millions of pounds of Pfas to key crops, study finds

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:00:51 +0000

‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’

California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of Pfas “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lb, a new review of state records shows.

The chemicals are added to pesticides that are sprayed on crops such as almonds, pistachios, wine grapes, alfalfa and tomatoes, the review of California department of pesticide regulation data found. The Environmental Working Group non-profit put together the report.

Australia will not oppose Turkey staging Cop31 as Albanese signals policy shift

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:31:50 +0000

Prime minister says fight over hosting rights jeopardises global unity needed for action to help Pacific islands

At least 15 English sewage plants use plastic beads spilled at Camber Sands

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:10:01 +0000

Exclusive: Experts urge water companies to update plants to avoid another catastrophe, as analysis reveals scale of use

At least 15 sewage plants on England’s south coast use the same contaminated plastic beads that were spilled in an environmental disaster in Camber Sands, Guardian analysis can reveal.

Environmental experts have urged water companies to update these old treatment plants to avoid another catastrophic spill, which can lead to plastic beads being permanently embedded in the environment and killing marine wildlife.

The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:00:50 +0000

It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding

In October 2023, leaders, scientists and policymakers from three of the world’s great rainforest regions – the Amazon, the Congo, and the Borneo-Mekong basins – assembled in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo. They were there to discuss one urgent question: how to save the planet’s last great tropical forests from accelerating destruction.