Breaking Waves: Ocean News

US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:37:22 +0000

Appeals court dismisses lawsuit from Jackson residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their rights

A US appellate court has decided that the federal constitution does not guarantee a right to clean water.

Hurricane Lowell brings threat of floods, mudslides and tornadoes to Hawaii

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:18:29 +0000

Islands of Kauai and Ni’ihau are under hurricane warning, while Oahu is under a tropical storm warning

Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell were pelting Hawaii’s western islands on Tuesday, bringing the threat of floods, mudslides and tornadoes.

The islands of Kauai and Ni’ihau are under a hurricane warning, while Oahu, the state’s most populated island with close to 1 million residents, was under a tropical storm warning.

One in 12 golf clubs in England broke water extraction rules in past five years

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:06:30 +0000

More than 140 clubs breached licences, with a third caught taking water illegally, analysis shows – but no fines issued

More than 140 golf clubs in England have breached their water extraction licences in the past five years, according to data analysis by the Guardian.

More than a third of these clubs were caught taking water illegally from the environment, either by taking more than permitted or by removing it outside the permitted period.

Crocodile head found in luggage at Italian airport

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:05:17 +0000

Man, who had arrived in Turin from Miami via Istanbul, under investigation for smuggling and faces fine or prison

An Italian man is facing a hefty fine or possible prison term after the dried head of a critically endangered crocodile was found in his luggage at Turin’s Caselle airport.

The man had arrived at the airport in the northern Italian city on a flight from Miami via Istanbul, the Turin unit of Italy’s financial police squad said in a statement.

US datacenters face further backlash over wastewater pollution

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:47:13 +0000

From rare bacteria to ‘forever chemicals’, a series of cases of violations or alleged pollution has prompted alarm

When officials in Wyoming conducted a routine test on the water that was being discharged from a massive under-construction Meta datacenter, it was a shock to find it contained a rare and potentially hazardous bacterium.

‘We have really cool sharks’: three-year project to lift lid on Britain’s little-understood species

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:27 +0000

Anglers will help scientists investigate the porbeagle, tope and blue shark to boost knowledge and conservation

‘We have really cool sharks,” says Dr Lucy Hawkes. She is not referring to animals in the rich coastal waters of South Africa or Mexico, but instead talking about the species that live around Britain. Hawkes, an associate professor at the University of Exeter, is co-leading a new three-year project to investigate the lives of three of England’s most vulnerable shark species.

Dynamics of distant water fishing fleets in Southeast Asian countries

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00242-w

Dynamics of distant water fishing fleets in Southeast Asian countries

Linking blue economy sectors to ecosystem services and socio-economic priorities: a framework for integrated maritime spatial planning

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00238-6

Linking blue economy sectors to ecosystem services and socio-economic priorities: a framework for integrated maritime spatial planning

Nepal says big polluters must ‘wake up’ as it calls for climate compensation over flood disaster

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:58:09 +0000

Foreign minister Shisir Khanal tells the Guardian the world’s biggest economies need to help Nepal, which contributes less than 0.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions

Nepal is demanding $20m in climate compensation for the recent devastating floods, as a senior minister called on the world’s most polluting countries to “wake up” and accept shared responsibility for a disaster that led to the death or disappearance of more than 6,000 people.

Global move away from oil could lead to conflict and migration, experts say

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:21 +0000

Researchers urge governments to help worst afflicted countries, such as Nigeria and Algeria, which rely on oil revenues for public services

Conflict, migration and economic upheaval will accompany the global move away from oil, unless governments act urgently to help the worst afflicted countries to cope, research has found.