Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Shifting offshore sandbanks pose unique navigation hazard

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 06:00:04 +0000

Sandbanks can shift position during winter storms, but sonar mapping means charts can now be updated immediately

Supermarkets could help UK shoppers eat more sustainable local fish – study

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 06:00:03 +0000

Shift from ‘big 5’ imports to British fish such as sprats and sardines would help diets and the planet, say researchers

Supermarkets could help to support British consumers to move away from their reliance on mainly imported seafood – the “big 5” of cod, haddock, tuna, salmon and prawns – to more sustainable, nutritious and locally caught fish such as sardines and anchovies, researchers say.

Dog food accounts for 1% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, study finds

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 06:00:02 +0000

Study of 1,000 products finds wet, raw and meat-free foods have substantially higher climate impact than dry kibble

Dog food accounts for 1% of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions, according to research that finds wet, raw and meat-rich products are associated with substantially higher emissions than dry kibble.

The analysis revealed striking differences in the environmental impact of commercial dog foods, with the highest-impact foods being responsible for up to 65 times more emissions than the lowest-rated options.

‘The most dangerous day’: bushfires break out in Victoria as BoM warns of catastrophic conditions to come

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:12:36 +0000

Temperatures recorded included 48.2C at Wudinna airport on SA’s Eyre Peninsula, 45.9C at Walpeup in Victoria, 45.6C at Paraburdoo, WA, and 45.9C at Hay in NSW.

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Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 02:50:16 +0000

Experts decry move to leave UNFCCC as ‘embarrassing’ as president orders withdrawal from 66 international groups

Donald Trump has sparked outrage by announcing the US will exit the foundational international agreement to address the climate crisis, cementing the US’s utter isolation from the global effort to confront dangerously escalating temperatures.

Fly-arousing orchid and zombie fungus among 2025 botanical and fungal finds

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:01:52 +0000

Scientists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava

A zombie fungus that springs from a trapdoor and a flame-like shrub named after the fire demon in the Studio Ghibli film Howl’s Moving Castle are among the species of plant and fungi named by scientists in 2025.

What should Australians do when the heat is on? | Fiona Katauskas

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:44:44 +0000

It might be time to face some cold, hard facts

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Smaller farms in England to be prioritised for nature funding, minister to announce

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:30:50 +0000

Emma Reynolds is expected to say an application window for the Sustainable Farming Incentive will be opened to smaller and new farms first

Smaller farms will be prioritised for nature funding, the environment secretary is to announce, in a shake-up of post-EU nature subsidies.

Emma Reynolds is expected to tell the Oxford Farming Conference on Thursday that in June an application window for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will be opened solely for smaller farms and new entrants to the scheme, with larger farms only allowed to apply from September.

Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:52:54 +0000

Sarat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’

Police have raided the home of one of India’s leading environmental activists over claims his campaigning for a treaty to cut the use of fossil fuels was undermining the national interest.

Investigators from India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) claim Harjeet Singh and his wife, Jyoti Awasthi, co-founders of Satat Sampada (Nature Forever), were paid almost £500,000 to advocate for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty (FFNPT).

Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:52:54 +0000

Sarat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’

Police have raided the home of one of India’s leading environmental activists over claims his campaigning for a treaty to cut the use of fossil fuels was undermining the national interest.