Along California's coast, between Santa Cruz and Monterey, sits a body of water named Elkhorn Slough-a place that has become a bastions for the state's sea otters. With its abundance of fish and relatively undisturbed natural habitat, this seven-mile stretch of coast has become a go-to for otters looking to mate, raise their young, and play. While restoration efforts have brought California's
The analysis by the Guardian and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) has found that since Brexit the EU has brought forward 28 new, revised or upgraded pieces of environmental legislation that the UK has not adopted, and the UK has actively chosen to regress by changing four different pieces of legislation including on protected habitats, pesticides and fisheries.
"At first, we thought they were inside the pools... But now, we're seeing they actually thrive on the slopes of the mounds, not in the pool, not at the top, but that in-between space. That's a really interesting and unexpected result."