Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Navigating trade-offs on conservation: the use of participatory mapping in maritime spatial planning

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 06 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00109-6

Navigating trade-offs on conservation: the use of participatory mapping in maritime spatial planning

River campaigners to sue Ofwat over water bill rises

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:01:11 +0000

Group claims regulator signed off on ‘broken system’ making customers pay for industry’s neglect

An environmental group is to take legal action against Ofwat, the water regulator, accusing it of unlawfully making customers pay for decades of neglect by the water industry.

Cyclone Alfred live updates: BoM tracking map forecast shows category 2 storm hitting Brisbane and south-east Qld; landfall in Queensland and NSW delayed as storm slows – latest news

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 23:54:14 +0000

BoM path track map predicts TC Alfred will cross coast on Friday near Brisbane, the first storm of its size to do so in decades. Follow the latest updates today

California officials encouraging residents to eat invasive rodents

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:27:10 +0000

Wildlife experts claim nutria, which destroy habitats with voracious eating habits, taste like rabbit or dark turkey meat

Wildlife officials are encouraging California residents to add a rodent to their daily diet as part of efforts to control the invasive species’ population.

The nutria, a large, semi-aquatic rodent native to South America, is threatening the state’s ecosystems by destroying habitats and outcompeting native wildlife. The nutria’s harmful impacts have prompted wildlife officials to promote hunting and consumption as possible solutions.

Florida sugar company’s environmental claims are ‘greenwashing’, lawsuit says

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:55:44 +0000

Plaintiffs say Florida Crystals’ farming method that blights minority neighborhoods belies its climate-friendly claims

A major sugar company has been accused of harmful environmental practices while claiming to be a leader in the fight against the climate crisis, in a class-action lawsuit filed on Wednesday.

The pot is already boiling for 2% of the world's amphibians

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:47:58 +0000

Amphibians are increasingly vulnerable to global warming, according to new research.

Ban on new drilling confirmed as ministers consult on North Sea’s ‘clean energy future’

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:08:42 +0000

Gas and oil industry cautiously welcomes government proposals that could ease tax burden on sector

The UK government has unveiled proposals that could ease the tax burden on the offshore oil and gas sector but confirmed that it would also ban new drilling licences as part of a pledge to “unleash the North Sea’s clean energy future”.

The “windfall” tax on North Sea drillers, introduced in 2022 to help support households facing rising energy bills after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, would be scrapped from 2030, the Treasury confirmed on Wednesday.

Why are beavers being released into England’s rivers? What you need to know

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:00:03 +0000

Conservationists say the rodents will fix ecosystems and bring wildlife back to wetlands

Lawmaker seeks ban of toxic fuel at Portland racetrack after Guardian story

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:00:01 +0000

Guardian investigation had revealed gas emissions could be linked to cognitive impairment in children living nearby

Is climate change supercharging Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it powers towards Australia?

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:00:07 +0000

Cyclone Alfred formed in the Coral Sea towards the end of February when sea surface temperatures were almost 1C hotter than usual