Coastlines

The place that never freezes: the Arctic habitat where global heating threatens more ice, not less

by The Guardian | Sep 3, 2026 | Americas, Arctic, Canada, Cetaceans, Climate crisis, Coastlines, Environment, Greenland, Ice, Indigenous peoples, Marine life, National parks, Oceans, Polar regions, Sea ice, The Guardian, Wildlife, World News | 0 |

The race to study the North Water between Canada and Greenland before it changes has led to a bold plan for an Inuit-run protected areaElectric-blue meltwater sprays up under Terry Noah’s snowmobile as he races across sea ice...

‘Our new normal’: how marine heatwaves affect life in British seas

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Animals, Australia news, Climate crisis, Coastlines, Conservation, Cornwall, Devon, East Sussex, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, Fish, Greenhouse gas emissions, Invasive species, Marine life, Scotland, The Guardian, UK news, Wildlife, World News | 0 |

As warming seas push native species to cooler waters farther north, once-rare visitors have become more common‘It sounds silly but I thought it was a person in the water waving,” says Kurt Lander, skipper of the Yellowfin...

‘Liberate the lidos!’ Who will win the war over Italy’s private beaches?

by The Guardian | Jul 19, 2026 | Beach holidays, Cities, Coastlines, Environment, Europe, Italy, Privately owned public space, Protest, Public lands, The Guardian, Travel | 0 |

Almost all of the sandy stretches on the country’s 8,000km of coastline are run for profit. Now ‘free beach’ campaigners are fighting back against the mafia, the military and those profiteering from sun loungers and...

Big gains for little terns: how Lindisfarne reserve is helping a rare bird survive tourism

by The Guardian | Jun 1, 2026 | Animals, Birds, Coastlines, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, National parks, Northumberland, The Guardian, UK news, Wildlife, World News | 0 |

Seasonal wardens and netted fences are helping protect the rare ground-nesting birds that arrive each spring on the UK’s shoresOn Ross Sands in Northumberland, a little tern has caught sight of a group of people and is sprinting...

‘There is no great master plan’: anxiety as UK homes, roads and railways sink into the sea

by The Guardian | May 23, 2026 | Climate crisis, Coastlines, Devon, Environment, Environment policy, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Increasing coastal erosion has hit communities’ livelihoods and put lifestyles under threatThe remains of the road linking two towns in south Devon lie crumbled on the foreshore in a mess of tarmac, steel and concrete.The...

Why are onions turning up on Brighton beach?

by The Guardian | Jan 18, 2026 | Brighton, Coastlines, Pollution, Shipping industry, The Guardian | 0 |

Food produce and other waste has been littering Sussex coastline as capsized shipping containers wash ashoreCoral Evans was walking along the beach in Brighton on Tuesday evening when she came across an unfamiliar...

Barracuda, grouper, tuna – and seaweed: Madagascar’s fishers forced to find new ways to survive

by The Guardian | Dec 24, 2025 | Africa, Animals, Art and design, Climate crisis, Coastlines, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Food, Food security, Madagascar, Marine life, Oceans, The Guardian, Wildlife, World News | 0 |

Seaweed has become a key cash crop as climate change and industrial trawling test the resilient culture of the semi-nomadic Vezo peopleAlong Madagascar’s south-west coast, the Vezo people, who have fished the Mozambique Channel...

Nazi bombs, torpedo heads and mines: how marine life thrives on dumped weapons

by The Guardian | Nov 20, 2025 | Biodiversity, Coastlines, Conservation, Environment, Europe, Germany, Marine life, Oceans, Second world war, The Guardian, Wildlife, World News | 0 |

Scientists discover thousands of sea creatures have made their homes amid the detritus of abandoned second world war munitions off the coast of GermanyIn the brackish waters off the German coast lies a wasteland of Nazi bombs,...

Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans

by The Guardian | Aug 12, 2025 | Animals, Coastlines, Environment, Fishing, India, International law, Law, Marine life, Plastics, Pollution, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, The Guardian, United Nations, Water, Wildlife, World News | 0 |

Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a series of global spills, as plastic treaty talks continue in GenevaWhen a Liberian-flagged container ship, the MSC Elsa...

‘We’re told we won’t amount to anything’: is it possible to change the fortunes of young people living in England’s coastal towns?

by The Guardian | Jul 7, 2025 | Coastlines, Environment, Global development, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, The Guardian, UK news, Young people | 0 |

Young people living by the sea are often in some of the most deprived areas of the country, but they say they want the chance to thrive. The Guardian is embarking on a year-long series to tell their storiesYoung people in the...

The seagulls have landed: why gulls are encroaching on Britain’s towns

by The Guardian | Jun 21, 2025 | Animals, Birds, Coastlines, Conservation, Environment, North Yorkshire, Suffolk, The Guardian, UK news, Wildlife | 0 |

Avian invaders have coastal communities in Britain and beyond in a flap – but people are learning how to live with them Continue...

The seagulls have landed: why gulls are encroaching on our towns

by The Guardian | Jun 21, 2025 | Animals, Birds, Coastlines, Conservation, Environment, North Yorkshire, Suffolk, The Guardian, UK news, Wildlife | 0 |

Avian invaders have coastal communities in Britain and beyond in a flap – but people are learning how to live with them Continue...

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