Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Puerto Rico’s rainforest center reborn: in pictures

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:02 +0000

After two devastating hurricanes, El Yunque national forest has built a new visitors center that hosts a vibrant arts festival

MSC’s ‘blue tick’ scheme creates illusion of ethically sourced fish, study claims

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:00:57 +0000

Sustainability certification by Marine Stewardship Council may be obscuring labour abuses in seafood supply chains, say researchers

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), which operates a “blue tick” scheme to indicate the sustainability of fish, has been accused of creating an “illusion” of ethical sourcing, after a study reported that widespread labour abuses have taken place on the fishing vessels it approves.

‘I don’t go out’: Vermont’s undocumented dairy workers live in fear after immigration raids

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:00:56 +0000

A tenfold increase in the number of immigration detentions has compelled many workers to barely leave the farms where they work

‘They want to keep denying us our rights’: workers in Vermont’s $5.4bn dairy industry fight for basic labor protections

In the footsteps of Linnaeus: scientists share their passion for species from tiny wasps to hairy plants – in pictures

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:00:56 +0000

For his project ‘De Oförtrutna’ (The Relentless), photographer Christer Björkman pictured Swedish scientists working in the spirit of Carl Linnaeus, the botanist who created the modern taxonomic system that classifies organisms based on appearance. Each scientist brought to the shoot a book and an item of importance to their work

Week in wildlife: Puffin rescue and a gosling’s first gander

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:00:52 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Ammonia pollution hotspots found in areas of UK with most pig and poultry factory farms

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:00:49 +0000

Map reveals most severe concentrations of ammonia emissions, which are dangerous to health and environment

Ammonia pollution hotspots have been identified in areas with some of the greatest numbers of intensive pig and poultry farms in Britain, research has revealed.

Thursday briefing: What it will take for Britain to break up with natural gas

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:46:19 +0000

In today’s newsletter: The economic fortunes of the UK are intertwined with the price of the costly fuel – so why are we so slow to ditch it?

How South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:09:28 +0000

Energy crisis unfolding in Middle East has added political urgency, and more funding, to transform South Korea’s solar industry

In Guyang-ri, a farming village of 70 households about 90 minutes south-east of Seoul, people gather for communal free lunches six days a week. The meals are funded by the village’s one-megawatt solar installation, which generates roughly 10m won ($6,800) in net profit each month.

Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says

admin — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:01:41 +0000

Company has received about £8.7bn in renewable energy subsidies since 2012, despite claims wood pellets are not sourced sustainably

The owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire received record subsidies of almost £1bn for burning trees to generate electricity in 2025, a climate thinktank has calculated.

The company was paid £999m last year for generating about 4.5% of Great Britain’s electricity from its biomass plant, costing each household £13 a year, according to analysts at Ember.

Gray whales, once rare in San Francisco Bay, dying there at alarming rates

admin — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:45:57 +0000

Researchers find increase in whale deaths in the bay, largely because of collisions with vessels on busy shipping route

Gray whales have historically been a rare sight in the San Francisco Bay. They trek from the warm lagoons of Mexico’s Baja California more than 10,000 miles (16,000km) north to the Arctic region to feast on shrimp-like animals during the summers, seldom stopping in the busy shipping corridor for prolonged periods.