Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Travels in the Pilbara, the land of ‘Aunty Gina’ – in pictures

admin — Sun, 18 May 2025 15:00:40 +0000

In January I journeyed to the iron ore-rich region of Western Australia with Guardian Australia senior correspondent Sarah Martin and senior audio producer Joe Koning to provide the visuals for our series on Gina Rinehart, Gina: power, privilege and influence. Here’s a selection of my shots

This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness

admin — Sun, 18 May 2025 13:00:37 +0000

During the McCarthy era’s darkest days, public lands came under attack. History now repeats itself – and this may be the last chance to defend what’s ours

In 1913, on a remote, windswept stretch of buffalo-grass prairie in western North Dakota, Roald Peterson was born – the ninth of 11 children to hardy Norwegian homesteaders.

The child fell in love with the ecosystem he was born into. It was a landscape as awe-inspiring and expansive as the ocean, with hawks riding sage-scented winds by day and the Milky Way glowing at night.

Cuts to England’s canal network could put lives at risk, experts say

admin — Sun, 18 May 2025 12:00:35 +0000

Investigation shows ageing assets and lack of funding could mean entire towns and villages vulnerable to flooding

Lives may be at risk if ministers proceed with cuts to England’s languishing canal network, experts have said.

The climate crisis and a lack of funding means ageing assets could flood entire towns and villages, an investigation for the parliamentary magazine the House has found.

Trump’s new border wall will threaten wildlife in an area where few people pass

admin — Sun, 18 May 2025 12:00:35 +0000

The San Rafael valley in Arizona is home to bears, mountain lions and wolves – now their movement will be restricted

Donald Trump is forging ahead with a new section of border wall that will threaten wildlife in a remote area where many rare animals – but very few people – roam.

My advice to the new Green party leader? It's time to expose the climate deniers | Carla Denyer

admin — Sun, 18 May 2025 12:00:34 +0000

Labour has allowed climate action to become synonymous with hardship. Farage’s Reform is exploiting that – but we offer real solutions

Ten dead in ‘brutal’ attacks by Isis-linked militants on Mozambique wildlife reserve

admin — Sun, 18 May 2025 07:00:29 +0000

Thousands have been displaced and conservation work halted as series of killings jeopardises decades of work in Niassa, one of Africa’s biggest protected areas

One of Africa’s largest protected areas has been shaken by a series of attacks by Islamic State-linked extremists, which have left at least 10 people dead.

Conservationists in Niassa reserve, Mozambique, say decades of work to rebuild populations of lions, elephants and other keystone species are being jeopardised, as conservation operations grind to a halt.

‘Too big to fit in your mouth’: sunny spring delivers crop of ‘giant’ UK strawberries

admin — Sun, 18 May 2025 05:00:27 +0000

‘Perfect’ weather conditions produce berries that growers say are between 10% and 20% bigger than usual

The UK’s sunny spring weather has provided “perfect” conditions to produce strawberries so big you “cannot fit them in your mouth”, UK growers have said.

With nearly 20 years’ experience, Bartosz Pinkosz, the operations director at the Summer Berry Company, has “never seen anything like it”. The strawberries being harvested this month by the leading grower are whoppers thanks to the combination of lots of sunshine and cool nights.

Glossy black cockatoos could be pushed towards extinction in Victoria if burns go ahead, experts warn

admin — Sat, 17 May 2025 20:00:17 +0000

Fire in black sheoak forest of East Gippsland would destroy the birds’ food supply, conservationist says

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Glossy black cockatoos could be pushed towards extinction in Victoria if planned burns of 13,000 hectares of forest go ahead, ecologists and conservationists warn.

Swiss firm that captures carbon from air to cut workforce by more than 10%

admin — Sat, 17 May 2025 11:00:04 +0000

Downsizing at Climeworks comes amid economic uncertainty and ‘reduced momentum’ for climate tech

A Swiss startup that has led the way in sucking carbon out of the air has announced plans to cut its workforce by more than 10% amid economic uncertainty and “reduced momentum” for climate tech.

Top winemaker ‘may have to leave its Spanish vineyards due to climate crisis’

admin — Sat, 17 May 2025 05:00:59 +0000

Familia Torres has been making wine in Catalonia since 1870, but says it may have to move to higher altitudes in 30 years’ time

A leading European winemaker has warned it may have to abandon its ancestral lands in Catalonia in 30 years’ time because climate change could make traditional growing areas too dry and hot.

Familia Torres is already installing irrigation at its vineyards in Spain and California and is planting vines on land at higher altitudes as it tries to adapt to more extreme conditions.