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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time after record heat
LONDON, UK, 22 October 2025 (BBC) - Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time after the country experienced record-breaking heat this spring. Iceland was one of only two mosquito-free havens in the world prior to the discovery, partly due to its cold climate. The only other recorded mosquito-free zone is Antarctica. |
Booming sea otters and fading shellfish spark values clash in Alaska
HOMER, Alaska, 21 October 2025 (Mongabay) - There’s a complex tangle of historical, ecological and climactic explanations for the decline of nearshore shellfish populations off Homer, across the Kenai Peninsula, and throughout the expansive Gulf of Alaska. But Brown and his shellfishing brethren, in concert with some marine biologists and Native Alaskans, point to one culprit: the incessantly hungry, steadily propagating northern sea otter. |
On the trail of the guano miners
LONDON, UK, 21 October 2025 (Guardian) - Guano, a fertiliser derived from seabird excrement, enriched Peru in the 19th century and was shipped around the world in huge quantities. On Santa Island, north of Lima, workers still mine it in the toughest of conditions. |
EU timber imports linked to deforestation on Indonesia's Borneo
JAKARTA, Indonesia, 21 October 2025 (AFP) - Timber imports by companies operating in the EU can be traced to logging on Indonesia's Borneo island, a new report published Tuesday showed, with NGOs calling for the bloc to stop delaying a ban on deforestation-linked products. The EU last month said it will seek a new one-year postponement of sweeping anti-deforestation rules known as the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), legislation that was cheered by green groups but assailed by trading partners, including the United States and Indonesia. |
Deep-sea mining could further threaten endangered sharks and rays
SAN FRANCISCO, US, 20 October 2025 (Mongabay) - A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction. The authors found that seabed sediment plumes and midwater discharges of wastewater from mining activities could cause a range of impacts on shark, ray and chimaera species, including, but not limited to, disruptions to breeding and foraging, alterations in vertical migration, and exposure to metal contamination. |
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