Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Rare butterfly hits purple patch at Sussex rewilding project

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:00:44 +0000

Ecologists say 283 purple emperor recordings on one day at Knepp signal higher numbers nationwide

A conservation project in West Sussex has had its best day on record for rare purple emperor butterfly sighting, and ecologists say they are confident the species is doing well nationally.

These women are raising endangered butterfly larvae from prison: ‘They reconnect with their own brilliance’

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:00:45 +0000

The women are raising larvae of the endangered Taylor’s checkerspot for release into the wild

Trista Egli was standing in a greenhouse, tearing up strips of plantain and preparing to feed them to butterfly larvae.

Of the many things the team here has tried to tempt larvae of the Taylor’s checkerspot – a native of the Pacific north-west – with, it is the invasive English plantain they seem to love the most.

‘Peaceful trespass’ planned at Dorset beauty spot after new owners shut path

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:00:40 +0000

Loss of access to lake and waterfall in Thomas Hardy country prompts action at Bridehead estate

Heaven only knows what Thomas Hardy would have made of it. On Saturday, protesters will arrive at the Bridehead estate in Dorset, hop across a low stone wall and take part in a “peaceful trespass” to express their anger and sadness at the loss of access to a spot in the sort of landscape Hardy wrote about so evocatively.

Canada races to build icebreakers amid melting ice and geopolitical tensions

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:00:40 +0000

In an Arctic reshaped by the climate crisis, less ice really means more as countries face risks in push for more ships

For millennia, a mass of sea ice in the high Arctic has changed with the seasons, casting off its outer layer in summer and expanding in winter as it spins between Russia, Canada and Alaska. Known as the Beaufort Gyre, this fluke of geography and oceanography was once a proving ground for ice to “mature” into thick sheets.

Landmark US study reveals sewage sludge and wastewater plants tied to Pfas pollution

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:00:38 +0000

New study finds troubling levels of Pfas near wastewater plants and sludge sites in 19 states

Sewage sludge and wastewater treatment plants are major sources of Pfas water pollution, new research finds, raising questions about whether the US is safely managing its waste.

‘Slapp addict’ Italian oil firm accused of trying to silence green activists

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:00:13 +0000

Eni has filed at least six defamation suits against journalists and NGOs since 2019 in what critics say is intimidation campaign

‘Legal bullying’: global protest rights on line in Dutch court case, say activists

Week in wildlife: a lucky osprey, a miraculous hare and a political fox

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 06:00:11 +0000

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

EPA puts 139 employees on leave after they sign a ‘declaration of dissent’

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:11:22 +0000

Letter from workers, which EPA claims is ‘unlawful’, says agency is no longer living up to its mission

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday put on administrative leave 139 employees who signed a “declaration of dissent” about its policies, accusing them of “unlawfully undermining” the Trump administration’s agenda.

Elon Musk’s xAI gets permit for methane gas generators

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:28:08 +0000

NAACP plans to sue over massive Memphis datacenter near Black residents, who have long dealt with pollution

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has been granted a permit to run methane gas generators at its massive datacenter in Memphis, Tennessee. The county health department approved the permit for the 15 machines late on Wednesday, a move that has sparked outcry from the local community and environmental leaders, who say the generators pollute their neighborhoods.

Countries must protect human right to a stable climate, court rules

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:53:26 +0000

Costa Rica-based inter-American court of human rights says states have obligation to respond to climate change

There is a human right to a stable climate and states have a duty to protect it, a top court has ruled.

Announcing the publication of a crucial advisory opinion on climate change on Thursday, Nancy Hernández López, president of the inter-American court of human rights (IACHR), said climate change carries “extraordinary risks” that are felt particularly keenly by people who are already vulnerable.