Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Thousands of Serbians protest in Belgrade against lithium mine

admin — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 22:14:49 +0000

Controversial mining project is a political fault line in Balkan country over fears about environmental impacts

Thousands hit the streets in Serbia’s capital Belgrade Saturday to protest against the rebooting of a controversial lithium mine set to serve as a vital source to power Europe’s green energy transition.

Before the rally, two leading protest figures said they were briefly detained by security officials who warned that any moves to block roads during the protest would be viewed as illegal.

Labour donor calls for review as Southport rioter is jailed for less time than Just Stop Oil protester

admin — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 16:00:47 +0000

‘Two-tier policing’ claims are nonsense, but government is guilty of ‘two-tier sentencing’, says green energy boss Dale Vince

A Labour donor has called on the government to review a sentencing regime that led to a climate protester being given a longer prison sentence than a Southport rioter who punched a police officer in the face, as he derided what he called “two-tier sentencing”.

July was California’s hottest month in history

admin — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 11:00:43 +0000

Some areas see days of temperatures over 100F, drying plants and fueling wildfires as extreme heat creates deadly conditions

California experienced its hottest month on record in July as grueling heat baked the American west for weeks on end.

‘Left with nothing’: inside California’s wildfire home insurance crisis

admin — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 11:00:41 +0000

As California sees increasingly devastating fires, Butte county residents lose their insurance – and homes

Kristy and Michael Daneau breathed a deep sigh of relief when they found the home for sale on a heavily wooded lane in northern California’s Butte county five years ago. Everything lined up.

Conservation group releases video showing logging near endangered greater gliders – video

admin — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 08:15:34 +0000

The group says the logging in a state-owned forest in Queensland is taking place less than 3km from a high-density population group of endangered greater gliders. Conservation groups want swathes of St Mary state forest near Maryborough to be included in the Queensland government's proposed Greater Glider Forest park

• After 25 years, logging and bushfires, a greater glider has been spotted in Deongwar state forest

Call for tougher policing of Scottish grouse moors on eve of ‘Glorious Twelfth’

admin — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 05:00:33 +0000

For first time, moors must hold licence under regime aiming to reduce unlawful killing of birds of prey by gamekeepers

Wildlife campaigners are calling for even tougher policing of Scottish grouse moors on the eve of this year’s “Glorious Twelfth”, which marks the legal start of the grouse shooting season.

On Monday 12 August moors across the British uplands will echo to the sound of shotguns and estate vehicles.

Ecosystem services “on the move” as a nature-based solution for financing the Global Biodiversity Framework

admin — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 10 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00073-7

Ecosystem services “on the move” as a nature-based solution for financing the Global Biodiversity Framework

It looks like a cross between a koala and a possum – and it’s in big trouble, Australian conservationists say

admin — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:28 +0000

Queensland Conservation Council is urging the state government to protect the endangered greater glider population as logging continues

Glossy black-cockatoos prefer the fruits of ancient rocks

admin — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:58:58 +0000

New research has shown that glossy black-cockatoos prefer to feed from trees growing in acidic soils.

Nature at risk in the hunt for the perfect selfie

admin — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:58:56 +0000

The need for a dramatic selfie or the perfect landscape photo is proving detrimental to nature, a new research collaboration has found.