Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘Tip of the methane iceberg’: 130,000 coal boreholes must be audited after toxic leaks in Queensland, experts say

admin — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 03:29:23 +0000

Concerns abandoned coal boreholes in Queensland and NSW could be emitting ‘equivalent of 65m cars’ worth of methane

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Dinosaur teeth reveal secrets of Jurassic life 150 million years ago

admin — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 21:26:38 +0000

Sauropod tooth scratches reveal that some dinosaurs migrated seasonally, others ate a wide variety of plants, and climate strongly shaped their diets. Tanzania’s sand-blasted vegetation left especially heavy wear, offering rare insights into ancient ecosystems.

Minns’s $140m great koala national park will ‘obliterate’ regional towns, Coalition claims

admin — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:00:24 +0000

Labor’s koala strategy doesn’t go far enough, Coalition says, but environmentalists hail park a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ decision

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The man and the mushroom kayak: can a boat made from mycellim change the future/

admin — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:00:22 +0000

Sam Shoemaker’s record-setting voyage shows the promise – and limits – of fungi as a plastic alternative

On a clear, still morning in early August, Sam Shoemaker launched his kayak into the waters off Catalina Island and began paddling. His goal: to traverse the open ocean to San Pedro, just south of Los Angeles, some 26.4 miles away.

The climate solution both the right and the left can get behind | Bill McKibben

admin — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:00:22 +0000

We’re beyond Mel Gibson’s Mad Max era. We no longer need oil to make it through the apocalypse

Maryland screwworm case has US officials bracing for return of an old foe

admin — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 11:00:18 +0000

Rise in cases south of the border prompts concern over US livestock as Trump budget cuts hit research and foreign aid

A patient in Maryland was diagnosed in August with New World screwworm, a parasitic fly, after traveling to El Salvador. Doctors and veterinarians say the case poses very low risks for human health in the US, but it comes after an increase of cases in South and Central America and the Caribbean in recent years. It also highlights the importance of international cooperation on research and prevention.

Loss of koala habitat shows ‘total failure’ of nature laws, conservationists say

admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 20:00:03 +0000

More habitat has been given up legally in 2025 so far than any other year since the animals were listed as threatened, analysis shows

NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging

Crossing Bass Strait in a boat made entirely of rubbish – video

admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 20:00:03 +0000

Samuel McLennan has spent two years salvaging fish farm waste and other marine debris from Tasmanian shores for his oceangoing vessel. McLennan's boat, which he named Heart, has slowly made its way across the Bass Strait to Victoria. Otis Filley joined McLennan aboard for part of the journey

NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging

admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 20:00:03 +0000

Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory

Loss of koala habitat shows ‘total failure’ of nature laws, conservationists say

Bucolic battlefield: a California seashore says goodbye to dairy farms – and hopes to heal

admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 15:00:54 +0000

After a years-long battle, organic dairy ranches are being expelled from Point Reyes national seashore to revitalize the ecosystem

Rodd Kelsey gazed out on the golden slopes of Point Reyes national seashore sweeping down to the rugged California coastline, pointing to the patches laden with invasive stalks of prickly thistle and browning sod. These are some of the hallmarks of the region’s recent history, he said – but they also showcase the opportunities for its future.