Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Intensive livestock farms fail to declare climate impacts in ‘emissions scandal’

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:30:23 +0000

Local councils are giving the green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data

Plans for intensive livestock “megafarms” are omitting crucial climate impacts, it can be revealed.

California man who survived 20 days in snowy wilderness says it was walk or die

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:00:23 +0000

Ron Dailey, who got lost on hunting trip in Sierra national forest, resolved to walk to safety after his food ran out

A hunter who spent nearly three weeks lost in the snowy California wilderness says he managed to get rescued after discerning “you either try to walk out or you’re going to sit here and die”.

The remarkable story of survival centers on Ron Dailey, whom authorities say went missing in the Sierra national forest in Fresno county after taking a solo hunting trip there on 13 October.

Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:00:21 +0000

Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans Britons eat

Magic beans: the protein-rich superfood in a potful of top chefs’ recipes

Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are among a group of celebrity chefs and supermarkets leading a new campaign to double UK bean consumption by 2028.

Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:00:20 +0000

Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists

Six environmental protesters were convicted after they were denied the ability to put a “reasonable excuse” defence or climate facts before the jury, despite these being afforded to other activists acquitted for taking part in the same demonstration.

Academics say their net zero costing is being ‘misrepresented’ after Nationals repeat $9tn claim

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 05:37:17 +0000

Researchers behind report cited by some in the Coalition say their work is based on various assumptions – largely involving cost to overseas customers, not Australians

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New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:01:10 +0000

Communities in the middle of new national forest to show how housebuilding can be delivered alongside nature

A new set of forest towns will be built in the area between Oxford and Cambridge, nestled in the middle of a new national forest.

Solar geoengineering in wrong hands could wreak climate havoc, scientists warn

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:01:10 +0000

Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds

Solar geoengineering could increase the ferocity of North Atlantic hurricanes, cause the Amazon rainforest to die back and cause drought in parts of Africa if deployed above only some parts of the planet by rogue actors, a report has warned.

Munich's surfers left stunned after famed river wave vanishes

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:15:02 +0000

Eisbach wave in the Bavarian city had been a surfing magnet for decades but disappeared after a recent cleanup

The “mother of all river waves” in a German canal that is often credited as the birthplace of freshwater surfing has mysteriously disappeared after decades of flowing smoothly, leaving enthusiasts dumbfounded.

The famous stationary wave in the southern city of Munich is known as the Eisbach, or “ice brook”, for its frigid temperatures, and has become a pilgrimage site for surfers worldwide.

Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:01:33 +0000

Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’

Prospect of breaking 50-year income tax taboo shows scale of Reeves’s challenge

Galápagos had no native amphibians. Then it was invaded by hundreds of thousands of frogs

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:00:33 +0000

Scientists are only beginning to grasp the scale of the issue and understand what impact the tree frogs may have on the islands’ rare wildlife

On the way to her office at the Charles Darwin research station, biologist Miriam San José crouches down near a shallow pond shrouded by vegetation and reaches deep into the foliage, pulling out a small green plastic box recorder.