Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Jackdaw North Sea gasfield to get go-ahead in blow to climate campaigners

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:24:46 +0000

Move signals Andy Burnham’s commitment to North Sea industry but threatens to undermine Labour’s green credentials

• What does the approval of the Jackdaw gasfield mean?

The Jackdaw gasfield will be given the go-ahead on Wednesday, signalling Andy Burnham’s commitment to the North Sea fossil fuel industry and threatening to trigger a row with climate campaigners and Labour MPs.

Great white shark leaps from water and photobombs California beachgoers

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:45:59 +0000

Videos show shark launching several feet from water as a group of friends pose for photos along Marina state beach

A great white shark put on a spectacular display for California beachgoers over the weekend, leaping from the water off Marina state beach and photobombing visitors.

Videos circulating online show a great white shark launching several feet out of the water in the background as a group of friends pose for photos along the beach.

Trendy LA neighborhood’s war over wild coyote erupts after child attacked

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:00:39 +0000

Coyote euthanized after reportedly roaming Atwater Village comfortably for months and attacking one-year-old boy

One Los Angeles neighborhood has been at war over a wild coyote, and over the weekend it all came to a head.

Whale in Wales: amateur photographer captures stunning footage - video

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:51:52 +0000

Amateur wildlife photographer Rhys Morgan has caught extraordinary footage of one of the largest whale species on Earth.

While sailing off the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, Morgan and his friends spotted the blowholes of a fin whale in the distance, recognisable by the hooked fin near its tail, a dark grey upper body, white belly, and an asymmetrical jaw that is dark on the left and white on the right.

People who have enjoyed the video online are trying to raise awareness of fin whales being hunted in Iceland and calling on government ministers to take action

Hurricane warning maps are improving, but a dangerous problem remains

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:49:51 +0000

A new study reveals that improved hurricane forecast graphics may help people identify threatened areas without making them more likely to recognize the danger or take protective action. Researchers also found that a widespread misunderstanding of the hurricane cone persists, highlighting a potentially dangerous gap between accurate forecasts and public preparedness.

Giving £2 a day to people in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot project finds

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:36 +0000

Researchers say almost 90% of participants in unconditional basic income scheme in Peru adopted environmentally beneficial practices

A pioneering project to provide Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon with an unconditional basic income has contributed to the protection of the rainforest, according to a study.

Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:00:20 +0000

In 2022, I helped push through the international agreement to protect biodiversity. Wars and economic pressures can make nature seem like a ‘nice-to-have’. But it is a critical asset, and Cop17 must deliver real action

When I was five, property developers came to cut down the woods behind my home in La Tuque, Quebec. My mother encouraged me to climb one of the trees in protest, then told the developers, straight-faced, that there was nothing she could do when they asked her to get me down. A few days later, the tree was cut down anyway.

Colorado wildlife overpass cut vehicle-animal collisions by 91%, report finds

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:39:09 +0000

Elk, bear, frogs and other animals have used the overpass, which connects 39,000 acres of habitat, since its completion

Colorado officials have tracked herds of elk, bears, pronghorn and even northern leopard frogs ambling across its new wildlife overpass. According to a newly released report, the overpass, which acts as a bridge over a busy stretch of interstate, has helped cut wildlife-vehicle collisions by 91% since its completion 10 months ago.

Melting Ron DeSantis statue unveiled to call out his inaction on climate crisis

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:22:02 +0000

Florida governor has consistently opposed any legislation to curb planet-heating emissions, calling it a ‘radical climate agenda’

A life-sized statue of Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, was unveiled and promptly began melting in front of an audience in Tallahassee in a symbolic protest at his rejection of action on the climate crisis.

‘Crucial opportunity to act’ as study finds most of Europe’s wild bee species in decline

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:00:04 +0000

As Cop17 kicks off, records since 1921 show more bee species declining than increasing in all parts of Europe except the Alps

Most of Europe’s wild bee species and about half of its hover fly species have declined over the last century, a study has found, as a UN biodiversity summit begins in Armenia.