Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Elephants on the move: Mapping connections across African landscapes

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 20:37:45 +0000

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The risk? Contained populations could become genetically isolated over time, making elephants more vulnerable to disease and environmental change.

A new way of thinking about the economy could help protect the Amazon, and help its people thrive

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:13:00 +0000

To protect the Amazon and support the wellbeing of its people, its economy needs to shift from environmentally harmful production to a model built around the diversity of indigenous and rural communities, and standing forests.

In Alaska, advocates say reducing prison population is a key climate strategy

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:00:38 +0000

Ageing correctional centers and the people within are threatened by floods, extreme heat, and building collapses due to snowfall and thawing permafrost

Over millions of years, glaciers slid across what is now northern Juneau, forming the craggy valleys and alluvial plains of south-east Alaska. Then about 200 years ago, when these glaciers shrank amid rising global temperatures, meltwater flowed downstream, depositing loose, silty soil along bodies of water like Lemon Creek.

Pig-nosed turtle and Pugh’s frog among new species added to Australia’s endangered species list

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:00:36 +0000

The number of species recognised as threatened with extinction rises by 13 and now stands at 2,224

Almost 500 chemicals found in England’s rivers and groundwater

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 14:00:34 +0000

More than half classed as very toxic, toxic or harmful to aquatic life, with 20 categorised as ‘substances of very high concern’

Almost 500 different chemicals, some of which are banned, have been found in various mixtures across all 171 river and groundwater catchments tested in England in 2024, according to data from the Environment Agency, analysed by the Guardian and Watershed Investigations.

UK rivers and beaches have been heaped with pollution for years – when will we talk about restoration?

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:36:05 +0000

The penalties reflect the failings of the Environment Agency and Ofwat as much as the water companies

‘Haul no!’: tribes protest uranium mine trucking ore through Navajo Nation

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:00:31 +0000

Firm moves ore through land without telling tribal leaders as mine resurfaces painful legacy of nuclear development

A coalition of hundreds of environmental activists, Navajo and Havasupai tribal members are protesting the transportation of uranium ore through the Navajo Nation, as a newly opened mine near the Grand Canyon resurfaces a painful legacy of nuclear development.

Three water firms face record total £168m fine after sewage investigation

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:47:31 +0000

Ofwat to penalise Thames, Northumbrian and Yorkshire for ‘catalogue of failure’ over illegal discharges

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Thames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water will be fined a record £168m between them for a “catalogue of failure” over illegal sewage discharges into rivers and the sea after the industry regulator’s biggest ever investigation.

Western Australia’s EPA has made a big call on a major gas expansion. Will state and federal governments back it up? | Adam Morton

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:42:24 +0000

The environmental regulator has a history of backing fossil fuels – that is why its preliminary view on Woodside’s Browse project is extraordinary

Wife of man killed in Queensland crocodile attack says his last act was to save her life

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 05:56:15 +0000

Newcastle doctor Dave Hogbin named as man killed by 4.9-metre crocodile near Cooktown