Spain’s oldest train line is crumbling into the sea & other environmental headlines.

[View this email in your browser]( Friday, April 1, 2022 “The garden suggests that there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.” — Michael Pollan Spain’s Oldest Train Line Crumbling Into Sea Due to Climate-Fueled Erosion There is something haunting about once-functional mechanisms of transportation crumbling and falling into the sea, harbingers of change brought about by the [rising seas]( and pounding waves of the [climate crisis](. In Spain, the historic train line that runs along the [Maresme Coast]( ⁠has been plucking passengers from Barcelona and sweeping them down the shimmering coastline since 1848, according to The Guardian. The oldest train line in Spain, it runs so close to the water that, in places, it is being overtaken by the sea. [Read More]( Related: [Urgent Action Needed on Climate Change Before Nature Is Unable to Adapt, New UN Report Warns]( More Than 33% of UK Compost Contains Climate-Warming Peat, Study Finds Compost is generally seen as a positive thing for the environment, but it turns out that everything depends upon what that compost contains. In the UK, more than a third of compost sold in 2021 was peat-based, and this is a problem for the [climate](. [Read More]( Related: [Small Gardens Can Make a Big Difference for Urban Bees]( New Zealand Glaciers Becoming ‘More Skeletal’ as Climate Crisis Strips Snow Away New Zealand is famous for its breathtaking landscapes, including its nearly 3,000 glaciers. But now, scientists are warning that these icy behemoths could be lost to the [climate crisis](. After an annual survey, a team of New Zealand scientists reported that more than 50 South Island glaciers were continuing to lose snow and ice. [Read More]( Related: [Swiss Resort Uses Blankets to Keep Glacier Cool]( 50% of U.S. Lakes and Rivers Are Too Polluted for Swimming, Fishing, Drinking Fifty years ago, the U.S. passed the [Clean Water Act]( with the goal of ensuring “fishable, swimmable” water across the U.S. by 1983. Now, a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) finds the country has fallen far short of that goal. In fact, about half of the nation’s [lakes]( and rivers are too polluted for swimming, fishing or drinking. [Read More]( Related: [Pharmaceutical Drug Pollution in Rivers Poses ‘Global Threat to Human and Environmental Health,’ Study Finds]( In Sign of Recovery, the UK’s Loudest Bird Has Record Year The UK’s loudest bird is making a vocal comeback. [Bitterns]( are a type of marsh bird in the same family as herons and egrets, according to the Natural History Museum. They were driven to [extinction]( in the UK in the 1870s when their habitat was drained for agriculture, according to BBC News. Hunting put additional pressure on the birds. However, the species was reintroduced, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) announced they had a record-breaking year in 2021, with 228 males counted. [Read More]( Related: [Climate Change Is Transforming Europe’s Birds]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2022 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](