Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Mixed start for pre-Cop as just two non-Pacific leaders accept Australian invitation to climate summit

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:52:03 +0000

Anthony Albanese joins about 4,000 people in Fiji for preparatory meeting for year-ending Cop31 UN climate summit

Extreme heat warnings issued for parts of southern California

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:20:52 +0000

Temperatures in US state forecast to hit high 30s celsius this week, while regions in Indonesia grapple with wildfires

Shadow chancellor to address Tory conference as he claims slashing red tape could cut cost of new houses by £50,000 – UK politics live

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:34:30 +0000

Andrew Griffith makes speech today as Reform UK accuses party of copying policies they ‘announced weeks and months ago’

Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Australia experiences second hottest September on record as El Niño and climate crisis combine

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:20:46 +0000

Alpine areas also experience record-breaking heat with snow depth recorded at zero in Kosciuszko national park

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Australia had its second hottest September on record last month as global heating and a strengthening El Niño combined to break a string of heat records around the country.

Authorities issue shark warning over whale that swam 11km upstream in Clarence River and later died

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:02:07 +0000

Juvenile humpback was spotted near Bundjalung national park in what experts say is a rare but not unprecedented event

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While the case of a whale found 11km upstream in a New South Wales river this weekend was unusual, it was not unprecedented, experts say.

To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:47 +0000

As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species

‘When I accidentally catch a shark, I bring it to my dogs,” Henrik Jensen, a 27-year-old from Greenland’s west coast, says casually. “I don’t let it back down because [the sharks] bully me and cut my lines.”

Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:00:38 +0000

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

The Conservatives will announce a bonfire of regulations including abolishing affordable homes and community funding rules as well as scrapping Natural England and the Environment Agency.

The shadow chancellor, Andrew Griffith, will say the party intends to “streamline regulations” that protect nature and oblige developers to include affordable homes and community services such as GP surgeries, to speed up infrastructure and housebuilding.

Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:00:32 +0000

Global campaign group 350.org urges Cop31 hosts to announce a coal phase-out date and national roadmaps to get off fossil fuels

More than 1,200 Colorado students have earned a climate ‘seal’: ‘We’re the ones growing up in this world’

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:30:27 +0000

A statewide initiative pairs climate-focused coursework with community service – and is spreading to other states

As a student at a high school not far from Denver’s main airport, Anthony Muñoz wondered whether the jet fuel from airplanes flying above his campus was harming living things.

A forgotten 30-year forest experiment just delivered a huge surprise

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:50:46 +0000

A 30-year forestry experiment in Australia found that heavily thinned mountain ash forests grew unusually large trees while recovering enough carbon to match or exceed untouched areas. The results suggest carefully managed thinning could support timber production, wildlife habitat, and carbon storage at the same time.