Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Three sugar cubes worth of plastic enough to kill a puffin, study finds

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:00:13 +0000

Scientists find tiny amounts can be a ‘fatal dose’ for marine life in the most comprehensive study of its kind

Ingesting less than three sugar cubes worth of plastic is enough to kill a puffin, a new study has found.

Scientists measured how much different kinds of plastic seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals have to ingest to have a 90% risk of it killing them, in the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

South Korean decision to close all coal-fired power plants by 2040 sounds alarm for Australian exports

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:00:51 +0000

Decision announced at Cop30 climate conference signposts risks for Australia’s reliance on fossil fuel exports, analysts say

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Business and energy leaders warn Coalition dumping net zero won’t cut power bills and demand more detail

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:00:45 +0000

CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry calls Sussan Ley’s new policy ‘a bit of a plan not to have a plan’, echoing business scepticism

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Thousands protest in the Philippines over disappeared flood defence funds – video

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:38:39 +0000

More than half a million people gathered in Rizal Park in Manila on Sunday wearing white shirts and carrying signs reading 'transparency for a better democracy'. Concerns rose after the country's president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, published an internal audit into flood control projects in August that revealed significant irregularities. It showed that of almost $10bn in spending, thousands of projects were substandard, poorly documented or non-existent

Cop30: calls for new urgency to talks as studies show global warming may reach 2.5C – latest updates

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:49:45 +0000

As the summit goes into its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomes

Colombia will host a first international conference on the phase out of fossil fuels in April next year, according to advocates of more ambitious action to eliminate the main source of the gases that are heating the planet.

These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:00:06 +0000

The search for a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale had taken five years, when a thieving albatross nearly ruined it all

It was an early morning in June 2024 and along the coast of Baja California in Mexico, scientists on the Pacific Storm research vessel were finishing their coffee and preparing for a long day searching for some of the most elusive creatures on the planet. Suddenly a call came from the bridge: “Whales! Starboard side!”

Thames Water bidder says it is offering £1bn extra cash injection

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:47:23 +0000

Castle Water says restructuring plans do not go far enough and extra funds will help resolve pollution crisis

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A bidder for Thames Water has said it would inject £1bn more into the struggling utility company than rival proposals if it gained control.

‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:00:04 +0000

A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached

Heatwaves will become hotter, longer and more frequent the later net zero emissions is reached globally, new research suggests.

Another COP already? Surely you’ve all worked this out by now? | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:25:25 +0000

Wait … I’m hearing you have worked it out you’re just not doing it

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France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:00:03 +0000

Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades

Insect-eating bird populations in France appear to be making a tentative recovery after a ban on bee-harming pesticides, according to the first study to examine how wildlife is returning in Europe.