Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Salmon farm faces new cruelty claims as Trump seeks to supersize fish farming

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:30:07 +0000

New undercover video appears to show cruel treatment of salmon at Cooke hatchery amid push for ‘chickenification’ of fish

The Trump administration is keen to do to fish what has been done to chickens – mass-produce them on an industrial scale to accelerate the US’s output of seafood.

But this “chickenification” of fish may come at a hefty cost to the environment and to the fish themselves, as a new undercover video at one of the country’s leading fish farms has highlighted.

How a kindergarten teacher became the accidental guardian of 200 king penguins

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:25 +0000

When the birds started nesting on her land at Useless Bay, Chile, Cecilia Durán Gafo decided she would protect them from people and predators

Five pairs of rubbery feet carry velvet-sheathed black-and-white bodies towards the rope line separating the king penguins from the dozen or so visitors, who look on in awe. As these emissaries shuffle over, a hundred of their cohorts parade on a nearby bank, splashing around in the water and regurgitating food into their chicks’ open beaks.

Brazil’s Atlantic forest records lowest deforestation in 40 years

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 10:29:49 +0000

Environmentalists hail decline but warn weakened laws could reverse gains

Brazil’s Atlantic forest, the country’s most threatened biome, last year recorded its lowest level of deforestation since monitoring began 40 years ago, a new report shows.

UN members prepare for pivotal vote on landmark ICJ climate justice ruling

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 07:00:20 +0000

If resolution is passed, governments will recognise their legal responsibility to cut greenhouse gas emissions

The UN’s willingness to tackle the climate crisis in a fair and legal way will be tested next week during a critical vote of the UN general assembly in New York.

Deadly “red sky” solar storm from 800 years ago discovered in ancient trees

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 05:55:09 +0000

Researchers in Japan traced a hidden medieval solar storm using ancient tree rings and centuries-old sky observations. The team linked reports of eerie red auroras with spikes of carbon-14 trapped in buried wood, revealing a powerful solar radiation event around 1200 CE. The findings suggest the Sun was far more active at the time, with unusually short solar cycles.

Farage’s Clacton-on-Sea constituency worst ‘tree desert’ in England, research shows

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 05:00:18 +0000

Woodland Trust also finds significant north-south divide in tree cover, leaving many people at risk of poor health

Nigel Farage’s constituency of Clacton-on-Sea is a “tree desert”, leaving people more exposed to air pollution, poorer health, lower life expectancy and the impact of rising temperatures, according to a new report.

Choughs reappear at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall after decades of absence

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:00:16 +0000

King Arthur is said to have transformed into a chough when he died, its red feet and beak representing his bloody end

Decades after disappearing from the jagged cliffs around Tintagel Castle on the coast of north Cornwall, a bird with legendary connections to the area has returned.

The custodian of Tintagel, English Heritage, and local ornithologists have declared that choughs – charismatic corvids with red beaks and feet – are back.

Navigating towards resilient relationships with kelp

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 14 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00203-3

Navigating towards resilient relationships with kelp

From little things, big things grow: using applied nucleation to restore marine forests

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 14 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00201-5

From little things, big things grow: using applied nucleation to restore marine forests

Typical English roast dinner potentially ‘drenched’ in 102 pesticides, says report

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 23:01:10 +0000

Greenpeace finds cocktail of pesticides including seven banned in EU may have been used on seven categories of vegetables and soft fruit

It is a beautiful early summer Sunday afternoon and you have stopped for a pub lunch. A waiter sets down a roast served with carrots, peas, parsnips, potatoes and onion gravy, and then for pudding, strawberries and cream. It feels like the perfect rustic meal to accompany a day in the country.