Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘They have schedules to follow’: how fast ferries can threaten endangered whales in the Mediterranean

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 05:00:32 +0000

A Guardian investigation has found that despite a recommendation to slow down, leading shipping companies continue to travel above advised speeds in a key habitat for cetaceans

Marine biologist Alice Barbarioli waits with her camera trained on the horizon. A few minutes earlier, the hydrophone beneath the Pelagos research vessel detected codas – the sequence of clicks sperm whales use to communicate.

Cryosphere faces permanent damage when world overshoots 1.5C, scientists warn

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:01:25 +0000

UN-backed report finds even temporary rises above Paris agreement target could cause harm to glaciers and polar ice sheets

Earth’s icy regions face such dangerous melting that global heating should be brought back below 1C after an inevitable period of overshooting global temperature targets, a UN report has found.

Colorado community fights plan to use drones to spray weed killer

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:00:18 +0000

Officials in Boulder County, Colorado, say they have a safe plan to wipe out invasive weeds, but some locals are concerned

Soon, weed-killing chemicals will start falling from the sky over the Red Hill area of Boulder county, Colorado.

Northern Territory water plan condemned as ‘blatant and shameless’ attack on nature

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:00:13 +0000

Exclusive: Move to scrap legal requirement to set aside water for environment is ‘extreme even for the NT CLP government’, green group says

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Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:00:42 +0000

Environmental Defense Fund analysis shows administration handed out $950m and Clean Air Act exemptions

It’s a good time to be a coal plant in the US. The Trump administration has given support to almost half of the nation’s coal plants, helping them to continue operating despite economic and regulatory headwinds, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund.

Mill 19: a creative hub built into a former steel factory

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:42 +0000

In Pittsburgh, Pennsylviania, a post-industrial site gets a second life

Healey to veto new offshore wind projects if they will not lower bills

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:48:14 +0000

UK chancellor’s plans add to concerns government is moving away from pro-renewables agenda

John Healey has said he will veto new offshore wind projects if they will not lower bills, adding to concerns that the government is moving away from the pro-renewables agenda.

Announcing his plans, the chancellor said clean power is “how we break the grip of international gas prices on our bills”, but added the shift towards it “has to come at the right pace, in the right places, with the grid to carry it”.

‘Bunch of baloney’: calls grow for Cop summit reforms as countries on track to fail nature targets

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:48:05 +0000

Cop17, focused on protecting nature and restoring ecosystems, concludes on Saturday with critics saying system allows ‘one idiot’ to stall progress

Calls are growing for major reforms to UN biodiversity summits as countries fail to deliver on their promises to halt the destruction of the natural world, with governments likely on track to continue their record of never having met a target in the 34-year history of the convention.

Australia’s best photos of the month – October 2026

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:00:26 +0000

Dolly Parton, tulips and outback life all feature in the best images captured across the country in October

Apartments, community centres and a pink outdoor toilet: Australia’s 2026 National Architecture award winners – in pictures

Twice as many plants and animals sold in wildlife trade as previously thought, says report

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:00:19 +0000

More than 100,000 species are traded globally, whether illegally smuggled, sold as ornaments or in fisheries, timber and fashion industries, study finds

The number of plant and animal species in use or sold in the wildlife trade is more than twice as high as previously thought, researchers have discovered.