Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:00:55 +0000

Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting

The government is failing to support the natural regeneration of trees in England owing to an overwhelming focus on planting, campaigners have said.

Recent figures show only 5% of Forestry Commission grants for woodland creation have been spent on the natural regeneration of trees, while the remaining 95% is spent on tree planting.

The missing lynx: how the rise of border walls has split up wildlife populations

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:00:20 +0000

In an age of growing hostility to migrants, there are 10 times more barriers on borders than when the Berlin Wall fell. But as well as the human cost, animals are unintended victims

The lynxes of the Białowieża forest once freely prowled through 1,420 sq km (548 sq miles) of ancient woodland. Then, in 2022, the habitat was abruptly sliced in two. Poland built a 115-mile (186km) wall across its border with Belarus to stop refugees and migrants entering the EU. About 15 lynxes were left stranded on the Polish side of the forest, forced into a genetic bottleneck.

EV programs ignited the future for students – now Trump has made their career paths uncertain

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:00:20 +0000

In Kansas, Panasonic and two community colleges scaled up training fast. But jobs in the EV industry could be affected by Trump’s war on clean energy

In a Kansas City classroom, 20 students were learning how basic circuit boards work. They fiddled with knobs, switches, levers and wires; if they got the connections right, tiny light bulbs glowed.

Sea bass in space: why fish farms on the moon may be closer than you think

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:04 +0000

The Lunar Hatch project aims to blast eggs into space, hoping that aquaculture will provide protein for astronauts on missions

At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be anything special about the sea bass circling around a tank in the small scientific facility on the outskirts of Palavas-les-Flots in southern France. But these fish are on a mission.

How a solar storm could lead to a US nuclear disaster worse than Chornobyl | Mark Leyse

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:04 +0000

Solar storms as intense as a 1921 superstorm have the potential to cause a nightmare scenario – and we are unprepared

Student rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:09:11 +0000

Chinese national, 27, reportedly returned to Japan’s highest mountain days after first rescue to retrieve his phone

A university student has been rescued from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week – the second time during an attempt to retrieve his mobile phone.

Hello freedom fans! Ian the climate denialist potato is back – the REAL enemy is renewables! | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 06:35:11 +0000

These days they call him Ian the renewable energy is expensive potato

The toxins around us threaten our fertility. Black families face an outsize risk

admin — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:00:37 +0000

My fear growing up was gun violence. But a bigger threat to my body may have come from an invisible villain

Everyone experiences a moment that shapes who they are – a moment when childhood innocence is lost, and the burdens and traumas of the world become clearer.

Pro-gas group with link to Liberal party referred to ACCC over alleged misleading claims

admin — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:00:38 +0000

Integrity organisation claims Australians for Natural Gas overstates role of gas in economy and failed to disclose directors’ links to industry on website

The big issues Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton aren’t talking about this election

admin — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:00:36 +0000

From bad airline service to the once election-deciding future of the NBN, Labor and the Coalition have been notably silent on some key policy areas