Energy system operator says sum needed to deliver clean power targets while meeting rising demand is up by 50%
The cost of rewiring Great Britain’s electricity networks through the 2030s is now 50% higher than before the Labour government came to power, and could reach almost £90bn in the next decade, according to the energy system operator.
Building new high-voltage transmission lines and infrastructure to connect low-carbon energy to the grid in the 2030s was initially forecast by the energy system operator to cost £58bn.
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Breaking Waves: Ocean News
06/30/2026 - 01:00
06/29/2026 - 21:14
A warm start to winter is part of a global trend of extreme and unseasonable temperatures caused by global heating
Many parts of Australia have already broken early winter maximum and minimum temperature records.
In southern Australia, Sydney and Melbourne had their warmest-ever starts to winter. Daily observations show both cities experienced above-average June temperatures almost every day of the month.
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06/29/2026 - 10:49
Red warnings issued in Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Balkans, with authorities urging people to stay indoors
Parts of central, eastern and southern Europe sweltered on Monday as the “heat dome” behind last week’s record-breaking temperatures shifted east, bringing dangerous conditions to a new swathe of the continent.
Budapest is forecast to exceed 40C on Tuesday, according to models from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
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06/29/2026 - 07:21
Teams painstakingly combed endangered Atlantic habitat over several years, helping to grow 8m native trees
A small band of volunteers has helped to grow nearly 8m native trees in Scotland, crucial to efforts to restore lost parts of the Atlantic rainforest, after collecting 11m seeds by hand.
About 100 volunteers, including retired teachers and doctors, office workers and young families, have spent tens of thousands of hours venturing into often remote woods in the western Highlands and islands to search out seed-bearing trees.
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06/29/2026 - 07:00
US commerce department accuses state of ‘environmental terrorism’ and plans to evaluate its coastal agency
The Trump administration plans to evaluate the performance of the California Coastal Commission, in the latest escalation of a dispute between the state’s Democratic leaders and the federal government over energy production.
Per federal law, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) is required to conduct reviews of federally approved coastal management programs, which take into consideration “the extent to which the state of California has implemented and enforced the program approved by the [commerce] secretary”.
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06/29/2026 - 07:00
Underwater expedition by Florida-based team supports possible therapeutic use of bacterial toxins from sea squirts
Researchers at a Florida university say bacterial toxins produced by tiny marine organisms they have studied in Antarctica could become an effective treatment for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
A team from the University of South Florida (USF), Desert Research Institute (DRI) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) recently returned from a six-week expedition to one of the world’s remotest regions in which they collected samples of ascidians, invertebrates known as sea squirts that thrive in the icy waters.
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06/28/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00221-1
Leveraging AI to objectively analyze legal frameworks protecting the marine environment: a focus on enforced bans
06/25/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00195-0
Trustworthy AI for the ocean: bridging the science-policy divide
06/25/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00223-z
Participatory mapping of maritime uses as a pathway to inclusive Marine Protected Area governance
06/23/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00222-0
Marine conservation lost in submission: the bottlenecks stalling the European Union’s protected areas pledge delivery
