Race to mine metals for EV batteries threatens marine paradise
Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News The Raja Ampat archipelago in Indonesia is sometimes referred to as the ‘Amazon of the Seas’ Stark images, captured from a drone by environmental campai… [read more]
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‘Glimmer of hope’ for marine life at UN Ocean conference
Esme StallardClimate and science correspondent Reporting from UN Oceans Conference, Nice, France The UN Ocean conference has been heralded a success, with more countries ratifying a key treaty to … [read more]
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Oceans cannot become ‘wild west’ warns UN chief
Esme StallardClimate and science correspondent Reporting from UN Oceans Conference, Nice, France Unregulated mining in the deep sea should not be allowed to go ahead, the head of the United Nation… [read more]
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UK proposes wider ban on destructive bottom trawling
A ban on a “destructive” type of fishing that drags large nets along the seafloor could be extended across English waters, the government has said. The proposal would expand the the prohibition of b… [read more]
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An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa
This sacred mask is etched with symbols of Sona, a sophisticated and now rarely used writing system A wooden hunters’ toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making wav… [read more]
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Ocean damage unspeakably awful Attenborough tells prince
Esme StallardClimate and science correspondent Justin Rowlatt The Prince of Wales interviewed TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough ahead of the UN oceans summit Sir David Attenborough has told Pri… [read more]
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Raids across Canary Islands in major cocaine gang bust
The EU police agency Europol released footage of suspects being arrested on the Spanish islands A major cocaine smuggling operation that used a network of speedboats to transport drugs from South Am… [read more]
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North and South Korea are in an underground war – Kim Jong Un might now be winning
Listen to Jean read this article The border between North and South Korea is swamped with layers of dense barbed-wire fencing and hundreds of guard posts. But dotted among them is something even mor… [read more]
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Greek coastguards charged over 2023 migrant shipwreck
Nick Beake Kostas Kallergis The migrant boat sank with 650 people onboard A naval court in Greece has charged 17 coastguards over the deadliest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea for a… [read more]
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‘Octopus invasion is ruining our livelihoods’
Janine Jansen Barry Young holds up a caught octopus at Brixham Fish Market Some fishermen in south-west England say an “invasion” of octopus and a local bylaw are “decimating” the Devon shellfish i… [read more]
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