Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Less than 1% of UK biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, figures show

admin — Sun, 11 May 2025 23:01:36 +0000

Conservationists call for more funding and warn of danger to ‘cherished’ native species, from water voles to ladybirds

Less than 1% of the government’s biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, despite the danger they pose to British wildlife, figures suggest.

Conservationists warned the funding to address non-native plants and animals was failing to match the risk they posed to “cherished” native species, from water voles to ladybirds, as well as to waterways, homes, businesses and local green spaces.

Eighty percent of England’s peatlands are dry and degraded, mapping shows

admin — Sun, 11 May 2025 23:01:35 +0000

Healthy peatlands can help tackle the climate crisis but degraded peat emits carbon and contributes to global heating

New mapping of England’s peatlands has revealed that 80% of the habitats are dry and degraded.

Scientists mapped England’s peatlands and peaty soils for the first time using satellite imagery, artificial intelligence and in-depth data analysis to create the most complete map to date, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

UK supermarkets suspend supplies from Lincolnshire pig farm over cruelty claims

admin — Sun, 11 May 2025 15:41:11 +0000

Workers at farm owned by UK’s biggest pig meat producer Cranswick filmed killing piglets by banned ‘blunt force trauma’

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Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons have suspended supplies from a Lincolnshire pig farm linked to abuse against pigs.

Secretly filmed footage has shown farm workers at Northmoor Farm appearing to grab piglets by their hind legs and smashing them on to the hard floor – a banned method of killing known as blunt force trauma or “piglet thumping”.

Want to know how the world really ends? Look to TV show Families Like Ours | John Harris

admin — Sun, 11 May 2025 11:35:26 +0000

The Danish drama is piercing in its ordinariness. In the real world, the climate crisis worsens and authoritarians take charge as we calmly look away

Eating more fiber could reduce ‘forever chemicals’ in bodies, study suggests

admin — Sun, 11 May 2025 11:00:22 +0000

Study finds dietary fiber effectively cuts levels of two most common and dangerous Pfas, with more research planned

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Consuming higher amounts of fiber reduces levels of toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” in human bodies, a new peer-reviewed pilot study suggests.

The ultimate spiritual pilgrimage for our times? A trip to a waste management site | Eleanor Margolis

admin — Sun, 11 May 2025 09:00:18 +0000

As I stood there, awed by how disgusting and wasteful our species is, I realised that everyone needs to see this

I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard | Jennifer Verduin

admin — Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:08 +0000

As an oceanographer, I study how the ocean shapes our world. For Australia and other nations, the lesson is urgent

Antarctica is often viewed as the last truly remote place on Earth – frozen, wild and untouched. But is it really as untouched as it seems?

This vast frozen continent is encircled by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the only current in the world that connects all the oceans, showing how closely linked our planet really is.

Koalas face death, attacks and starvation as blue gums chopped down in Victoria

admin — Sat, 10 May 2025 20:00:04 +0000

The state government is aware of koala welfare problems but says it has ‘no cost-effective’ solutions

NSW forestry agency should be shut down for repeatedly breaking law, critics argue

admin — Sat, 10 May 2025 20:00:03 +0000

Forestry Corporation says suggestion that it can be compared to a criminal bikie gang is ‘ridiculous’

The hidden underwater eden of ‘California’s Galapagos’, where seals and grizzly bear-sized bass reign

admin — Sat, 10 May 2025 15:00:57 +0000

On the remote Channel Islands, a draw for researchers and divers, preservation has transformed the ecosystem

Just 14 miles (23km) off the southern California coast lies a vast underwater paradise.