Breaking Waves: Ocean News

AI tool trial could save equivalent of 1.5m meals in food waste

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 18:49:09 +0000

Nestlé is among UK companies taking part in project to ‘design out’ waste by redistributing surplus product

Millions of meals worth of wasted food could be redistributed thanks to an artificial intelligence tool being trialled by companies across the UK, including Nestlé.

The AI tool, which has already generated an 87% reduction in edible food waste at one of the Swiss conglomerate’s factories over its first two-week trial period, is intended to “design out” food waste by providing real-time monitoring, tracking and insights of wasted ingredients and products.

This livestream of baby bald eagles is the only thing keeping me sane

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:00:43 +0000

A YouTube video feed of eagles Jackie and Shadow and their two children has given me hope the internet isn’t all bad

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Trump hates wind power. But these Texas Republicans are embracing it

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 12:00:46 +0000

Wind turbines have become a financial lifeline in rural areas, but state legislators are now targeting them

Planet’s darkening oceans pose threat to marine life, scientists say

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 09:01:21 +0000

Band of water where marine life can survive has reduced in more than a fifth of global ocean between 2003 and 2022

Great swathes of the planet’s oceans have become darker in the past two decades, according to researchers who fear the trend will have a severe impact on marine life around the world.

Satellite data and numerical modelling revealed that more than a fifth of the global ocean darkened between 2003 and 2022, reducing the band of water that life reliant on sunlight and moonlight can thrive in.

‘We carry on with the sadness’: new projects honor life and legacy of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 07:00:19 +0000

Friends and colleagues of Phillips, killed in the Amazon in 2022, completed his book, which coincides with launch of investigative Guardian podcast

Three years after the British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian activist Bruno Pereira were murdered in the Amazon, two major new projects will celebrate their lives and work – and the Indigenous communities and rainforests both men sought to protect.

‘Swimming with orcas is out of control’: can new rules keep tourists and Mexico’s whales safe?

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 04:00:17 +0000

Experts are calling for stricter limits on numbers of those flocking to Baja California Sur to swim with the animals in the wild. But some local tour operators are not convinced

More interstate dust storms expected if South Australia drought continues, expert warns

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 02:56:46 +0000

Haze hits Sydney suburbs on Tuesday morning after crossing NSW from SA and Victoria

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Almost 800 homes destroyed by NSW floods with tally to rise as damage assessments continue

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 01:22:08 +0000

Anthony Albanese visits mid-north coast as police warn of ‘un-Australian’ looting during clean-up

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As the energy transition ramps up, Australia risks becoming a more unequal society. Here’s what needs to change | Dominic Jones

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 00:19:24 +0000

Governments must help households to make the switch to cleaner energy, and change the rules so that the benefits and costs are fairly shared

Four former Volkswagen managers convicted of fraud in ‘dieselgate’ trial

admin — Mon, 26 May 2025 18:30:13 +0000

Braunschweig court gives two former executives prison sentences for roles in emissions test-cheating scandal

A German court has convicted four former Volkswagen managers of fraud and given two of them prison sentences for their part in the “dieselgate” emissions test-cheating scandal that erupted almost a decade ago.