Breaking Waves: Ocean News

05/09/2025 - 01:00
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
05/09/2025 - 00:00
About 270,000 people died in Liberia’s timber trade-fuelled civil war. I helped to rebuild and protect its forests. Now Europe is threatening to undermine all our hard work It is sad when a ruthless military dictator funds his government by destroying ecologically important rainforest, logging tropical trees and displacing and robbing the people who live in and depend on the forests for their livelihoods and culture. This happened in my country, Liberia. Continue reading...
05/08/2025 - 23:00
Mayor to make major policy shift and say scale of housing crisis requires breaking taboo Sadiq Khan is announcing plans to build on parts of London’s green belt, in a dramatic shift in housing policy aimed at tackling “the most profound housing crisis in the capital’s history”. In a major speech on Friday, the mayor of London is expected to say the scale of the challenge, which could need about 1m new homes built in the next decade, requires a break from longstanding taboos. Continue reading...
05/08/2025 - 21:20
Healesville sanctuary releases 21 critically endangered birds in hopes a new wild population will thrive Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here For the first time in 42 years, critically endangered helmeted honeyeaters have returned to Cardinia in south-east Victoria, where they were found until the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983. Helmeted honeyeaters are charismatic, energetic and curious, according to Dr Kim Miller, the manager of threatened species at Healesville sanctuary. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
05/08/2025 - 20:03
Voters have spoken with clarity. We want a renewable-powered future Australia news live: latest politics and federal election updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A shift toward nuclear power and a significant expansion of gas electricity would have stalled renewable energy investment at the worst possible time, potentially derailing Australia’s transition to a clean, modern energy system. This election was not just a political moment, it was a turning point. This result might offer a much-needed shot in the arm for the clean energy sector, but this is no time for self-congratulation or complacency. Australia’s energy transformation is happening in country towns and centres right around the nation with windfarms, solar projects, battery installations and the transmission lines that connect them being built in regional and rural communities. These communities have legitimate concerns. While the benefits from the jobs, investment, upgraded roads and bridges will come, they also bear the brunt of change. It is our responsibility as an industry to do better by them. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
05/08/2025 - 15:31
Judge grants payments between $5,000 and $104,000 after second world war-era tank leak contaminated water supply A federal judge has awarded more than $680,000 to 17 families who say they were sickened by a leak from a second-world-war era fuel tank into a US navy drinking water system in Hawaii in 2021. The bellwether cases set the legal tone for another 7,500 military family members, civilians and service members whose lawsuits are still awaiting resolution. Continue reading...
05/08/2025 - 14:59
US agency will no longer update major weather database in latest showing of Trump’s influence on climate resources The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) will no longer track the cost of climate crisis-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heatwaves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change. Noaa falls under the US Department of Commerce and is tasked with daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings and climate monitoring. It is also parent to the National Weather Service. Continue reading...
05/08/2025 - 10:26
Scientists have launched an interactive global map to show the migratory patterns of more than 100 marine species in an effort to protect at-risk wildlife.
05/08/2025 - 10:25
Scientists have found that a mere 30 species of trees in the Cerrado -- the world's largest and most floristically diverse savanna -- account for nearly half of all its trees. The 'hyperdominance' by a few species could help researchers understand how this vast ecosystem functions.
05/08/2025 - 10:00
Richard Di Natale says party can regain lost seats, while Bob Brown and Christine Milne praise Adam Bandt’s leadership against ‘nasty misrepresentations’ Australia news live: latest politics and federal election updates Full federal election results: live Australian Senate seat count See our full coverage of the Australian election Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Former Greens leaders have urged the party to stand firm against Labor “arrogance” in the new parliament, particularly on climate and environmental issues, as internal jockeying to find a new leader begins after the unexpected defeat of Adam Bandt. Bob Brown has urged the party to “never again” preference Labor over the Liberals and instead run an open ticket, as he and his fellow former leader Christine Milne said the Greens should push back strongly against “lies” about the party. Richard Di Natale, the leader before Bandt, claimed the Greens had been “unlucky” in Saturday’s election. Continue reading...