Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Twelve Apostles visitors to be charged entry fee to see natural wonder

admin — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:28:06 +0000

Victorian government says ‘it’s only fair’ Great Ocean Road tourists should pay to see famous limestone stacks

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The Guardian view on EV charging: China took the right lessons from Britain’s past | Editorial

admin — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:25:25 +0000

Megawatt fast EV charging reflects a coordinated grid strategy the UK once used. Privatisation and fragmentation now make that infrastructure far harder to build

NSW Health continues to use machine known to produce inaccurate results to test child blood lead levels

admin — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:00:24 +0000

LeadCare II offers point-of-care testing but the equipment has had recalls globally due to the potential for inaccurately low readings

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Sex and the sea snail: how a plucky marine lab brought a mollusk back from the brink

admin — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:00:24 +0000

Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback

On a sunny January afternoon in Bodega Bay, some 70 miles north of San Francisco, the White Abalone Culture Lab is humming with activity.

How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits

admin — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:00:21 +0000

Vermont and New York face high stakes to protect climate superfund laws as it faces attacks from Trump’s DoJ

BrewDog sold Highland estate for knockdown price after abandoning its reforestation plans

admin — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 09:00:15 +0000

Self-styled ‘punk’ beer company bought land in 2020, pledging to plant Scotland’s ‘biggest ever forest’

The self-styled “punk” beer company BrewDog sold its Highland estate for a knockdown price after abandoning its efforts to plant Scotland’s “biggest ever forest” there.

UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns

admin — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 06:00:43 +0000

Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

The British government should be stockpiling food, according to a leading expert on food policy, as it is not prepared for climate shocks or wars that could cause the population to starve.

Prof Tim Lang of City St George’s, University of London said the UK produced far less food than it needed to feed itself, and as a small island that relied on a few large companies to feed its giant population, it was particularly vulnerable to shocks.

Scenario planning to support the transformative adaptation of a collapsing fishery

admin — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 07 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00188-z

Scenario planning to support the transformative adaptation of a collapsing fishery

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:24 +0000

Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found.

Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures.

A century of care: Wildlife Trusts mark 100th birthday with woodland project

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:49:25 +0000

First of the trusts, formed with 12 people in a Norfolk pub in 1926, buys swath of farmland to restore to nature

The place where Norton Wood once stood is now a vast field of decaying wheat stubble. The ancient wood was grubbed up during the second world war. No trace of it remains – on the surface, at least. This ghost in the landscape lives on only in the name of the local village: Wood Norton.

But trees will soon be bursting upwards again and the wood will regrow after Norfolk Wildlife Trust celebrated its 100th birthday by buying a swath of farmland to revive for nature.