Breaking Waves: Ocean News

On the trail of the guano miners – in pictures

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:00:38 +0000

Guano, a fertiliser derived from seabird excrement, enriched Peru in the 19th century and was shipped around the world in huge quantities. On Santa Island, north of Lima, workers still mine it in the toughest of conditions

Photographs by Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images

Ed Miliband’s new green jobs will bring Britain hope. I dare Reform to denounce them | Polly Toynbee

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:00:33 +0000

While Nigel Farage promotes retro plans to reopen coalmines, will he really tell thousands of clean energy workers to leave their well-paid, local jobs?

Beasts of the Sea: the tragic story of how the ‘gentle, lovable’ sea cow became the perfect victim

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:00:33 +0000

Iida Turpeinen’s novel has been a sensation in her native Finland. On the eve of its UK publication, she talks about her compulsion to tell of the sociable giant’s plight

Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:01:26 +0000

Homeowners urged to use more robust planting and permeable materials to help mitigate flood risk

Nearly half of the UK’s garden space is paved over, a new study has found.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has conducted the largest ever audit of the UK’s gardens, and found that they are an untapped – and until now, mostly unmeasured – potential resource for nature.

Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:36:25 +0000

Conservationists argue president’s oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change

Brazil’s Petrobras has been given permission to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, casting a shadow over the country’s green ambitions as it prepares to host UN climate talks.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president, has come under fire from conservationists who argue his oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change.

Keir Starmer will attend Cop30 in Brazil, No 10 confirms

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:47:14 +0000

After speculation and conflicting pressures, prime minister will attend climate summit next month

Keir Starmer will travel to the Amazon rainforest for the UN climate summit next month, Downing Street has confirmed, after weeks of speculation that he would not.

‘Contract that never was’ adds twist to scientist’s fight over Everglades project

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:00:41 +0000

A legal saga stemming from a water quality project saw Tom Van Lent briefly jailed in a case brought by allies of DeSantis

An environmental scientist briefly jailed in what he called a “political prosecution” brought by allies of Florida’s rightwing Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, now alleges new evidence shows his jail sentence stemmed from fraudulent allegations.

Is the climate crisis too grim to work on the stage? Sparkling wine and villains might help

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:30:39 +0000

A burst of recent climate-themed cultural output suggests views of the topic as too depressing or dull may be changing

Despite (or perhaps because of) its overwhelming awfulness, the climate crisis has been oddly underrepresented on stage and screen. Humanity’s greatest challenge has often been deemed too much of a downer, too complex or too dull a topic to spawn shows and movies.

‘Next great leap’: grassroots movement to wild East Anglia goes national

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:20:26 +0000

Set up by three ‘eco-anxious’ farmers, WildEast has created UK-wide version of pledge to encourage people to restore nature

A grassroots movement to wild a fifth of East Anglia is going national with the launch of Wild Kingdom’s “map of dreams” to collect pledges and connect communities, businesses and ordinary people seeking to revive nature.

Coalition showdown on net zero looms amid speculation more MPs could quit over policy

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:14:21 +0000

Meeting called for end of sitting week inviting backbench MPs to argue for or against dumping the policy after Barnaby Joyce announced resignation

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