Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Beavers thriving after being reintroduced to English wild – video

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:20:50 +0000

The National Trust’s wetlands project officer has described the effect of four Eurasian beavers on the ecosystem as astonishing, a year after they were reintroduced into the wild in England for the first time in 400 years.

Rice’s whales predate modern humans. Now Trump could make them extinct

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:00:49 +0000

The US has invoked national security to remove protections for the endangered cetacean, of which only about 50 are left

Since before modern humans existed Rice’s whales have been diving to the depths of the ocean to gorge on fat-rich fish while growing to leviathan proportions, their bodies spanning the length of a bus and weighing as much as as six elephants.

How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:00:44 +0000

Under outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo, the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

When Corentin Roudaut moved to Paris 10 years ago, he was too scared to cycle. The IT developer had biked everywhere as a student in Rennes but felt overwhelmed by the bustling French capital. Cars were everywhere. Cyclists had almost no protection.

Welcome to the MrBeastification of British politics: the latest trick up Nigel Farage's sleeve | Kirsty Major

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:00:44 +0000

The Reform UK leader’s energy bill giveaway certainly grabs our attention – but it’s a distraction from the real winners and losers

You can already imagine the video.

Bilby boom: breeding trial to reintroduce species to Mallee Cliffs national park shows signs of success

admin — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:00:32 +0000

Fifty ‘founder’ bilbies were released in fenced breeding area in 2019 with the aim of establishing first wild population there in a century

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Braiding knowledge: how Indigenous expertise and western science are converging

admin — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:00:24 +0000

Researchers are weaving Native practices with western methods to revive ecosystems and reclaim food sovereignty

“I’m a glorified clam counter.”

New North Sea drilling would barely reduce UK gas imports at all, data shows

admin — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:18 +0000

Exclusive: research finds Jackdaw field would provide only about 2% of current demand, and Rosebank only 1%

Opening major new fields in the North Sea would make almost no difference to the UK’s reliance on gas imports, research has shown.

From early birds to emerging butterflies: UK shows signs of earliest spring on record

admin — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:00:13 +0000

Citizen science data reveals early flowering, nesting and insect activity as global heating accelerate seasonal change

Bluebells are flowering, swallows are returning and orange-tip butterflies are flying in what could become Britain’s earliest recorded spring.

Sydney councils fear new datacentres could cause blackouts, block housing and affect locals’ health

admin — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:26:54 +0000

Datacentres ‘directly competing’ with possible residential builds near public transport, one council tells NSW inquiry, amid growing concerns

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EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:58:15 +0000

Proposal, a win for RFK Jr’s Maha movement, is a ‘first step’ toward tackling plastic pollution, advocates say

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed on Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities.